#BC9BEA#BC9BEA

#BC9BEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.116 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BEA
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 234)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 27.62, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 44.82, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0631 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.116 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3086, 40.0746, 83.0688)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BEA #C9EA9B

analogous

#9BA2EA #BC9BEA #E49BEA

triadic

#BC9BEA #EABC9B #9BEABC

tetradic

#BC9BEA #EA9BA2 #C9EA9B #9BEAE4

square

#BC9BEA #EA9BA2 #C9EA9B #9BEAE4

split-complementary

#BC9BEA #EAE49B #A2EA9B

monochromatic

#7836D5 #9A68DF #BC9BEA #DECEF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BC9BEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BC9BEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BEA

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BEA	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.116 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f1',
    500: '#bc9bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bea;
$custom-light: #d1b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.063,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BEA

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CD1882

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BEA

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

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