#BC9BE7#BC9BE7

#BC9BE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BE7
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 231)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 32.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 26.95, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 43.26, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0624 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.112 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8812, 39.9037, 80.8182)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BE7 #C6E79B

analogous

#9BA0E7 #BC9BE7 #E29BE7

triadic

#BC9BE7 #E7BC9B #9BE7BC

tetradic

#BC9BE7 #E79BA0 #C6E79B #9BE7E2

square

#BC9BE7 #E79BA0 #C6E79B #9BE7E2

split-complementary

#BC9BE7 #E7E29B #A0E79B

monochromatic

#7A38CF #9B6ADB #BC9BE7 #DDCCF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BC9BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BC9BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BE7

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BE7	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8ef',
    500: '#bc9be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9be7;
$custom-light: #d1b8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.053,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74682,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BE7

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C91D7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BE7

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

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