#BC9BEC#BC9BEC

#BC9BEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.119 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BEC
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 28.07, -36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 45.86, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0635 -0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.119 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5975, 40.1902, 84.5905)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BEC #CBEC9B

analogous

#9BA3EC #BC9BEC #E49BEC

triadic

#BC9BEC #ECBC9B #9BECBC

tetradic

#BC9BEC #EC9BA3 #CBEC9B #9BECE4

square

#BC9BEC #EC9BA3 #CBEC9B #9BECE4

split-complementary

#BC9BEC #ECE49B #A3EC9B

monochromatic

#7734D8 #9A68E2 #BC9BEC #DECEF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BC9BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BC9BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BEC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BEC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A9EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.119 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f2',
    500: '#bc9bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bec;
$custom-light: #d1b8f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01684

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BEC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →