#BC9BED#BC9BED

#BC9BED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BED
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 28.30, -36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 46.38, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0638 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.12 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7432, 40.2485, 85.3578)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BED #CCED9B

analogous

#9BA3ED #BC9BED #E59BED

triadic

#BC9BED #EDBC9B #9BEDBC

tetradic

#BC9BED #ED9BA3 #CCED9B #9BEDE5

square

#BC9BED #ED9BA3 #CCED9B #9BEDE5

split-complementary

#BC9BED #EDE59B #A3ED9B

monochromatic

#7733DA #9967E4 #BC9BED #DFCFF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BC9BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BC9BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BED

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BED	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A9F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FAAEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f3',
    500: '#bc9bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bed;
$custom-light: #d1b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.146,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7495,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11485

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BED

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

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