#BC9BEB#BC9BEB

#BC9BEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.117 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BEB
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 235)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 34%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 27.84, -35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 45.34, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0633 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.117 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4526, 40.1322, 83.8275)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BEB #CAEB9B

analogous

#9BA2EB #BC9BEB #E49BEB

triadic

#BC9BEB #EBBC9B #9BEBBC

tetradic

#BC9BEB #EB9BA2 #CAEB9B #9BEBE4

square

#BC9BEB #EB9BA2 #CAEB9B #9BEBE4

split-complementary

#BC9BEB #EBE49B #A2EB9B

monochromatic

#7835D7 #9A68E1 #BC9BEB #DECEF5 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BC9BEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BC9BEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BEB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BEB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9beb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.117 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f1',
    500: '#bc9beb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9beb;
$custom-light: #d1b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9beb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.75,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7486,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CF1783

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BEB

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

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