#BC9BE9#BC9BE9

#BC9BE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BE9
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 27.39, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 44.30, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0628 -0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.115 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1653, 40.0173, 82.3143)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BE9 #C8E99B

analogous

#9BA1E9 #BC9BE9 #E39BE9

triadic

#BC9BE9 #E9BC9B #9BE9BC

tetradic

#BC9BE9 #E99BA1 #C8E99B #9BE9E3

square

#BC9BE9 #E99BA1 #C8E99B #9BE9E3

split-complementary

#BC9BE9 #E9E39B #A1E99B

monochromatic

#7937D3 #9A69DE #BC9BE9 #DECDF4 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BC9BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BC9BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BE9

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BE9	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f0',
    500: '#bc9be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9be9;
$custom-light: #d1b8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74771,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BE9

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC1A80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BE9

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

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