#BC9BE6#BC9BE6

#BC9BE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BE6
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, 26.72, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 42.74, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.0621 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.111 304)
XYZ	xyz(46.7404, 39.8473, 80.0765)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BE6 #C5E69B

analogous

#9B9FE6 #BC9BE6 #E19BE6

triadic

#BC9BE6 #E6BC9B #9BE6BC

tetradic

#BC9BE6 #E69B9F #C5E69B #9BE6E1

square

#BC9BE6 #E69B9F #C5E69B #9BE6E1

split-complementary

#BC9BE6 #E6E19B #9FE69B

monochromatic

#7A39CE #9B6ADA #BC9BE6 #DDCCF2 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BC9BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BC9BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BE6

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BE6	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ee',
    500: '#bc9be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9be6;
$custom-light: #d1b8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74638,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.39847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BE6

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C81E7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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