#BC9BEE#BC9BEE

#BC9BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.121 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BEE
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 34.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 28.52, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 46.90, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.064 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.121 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8897, 40.3071, 86.1294)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BEE #CDEE9B

analogous

#9BA4EE #BC9BEE #E59BEE

triadic

#BC9BEE #EEBC9B #9BEEBC

tetradic

#BC9BEE #EE9BA4 #CDEE9B #9BEEE5

square

#BC9BEE #EE9BA4 #CDEE9B #9BEEE5

split-complementary

#BC9BEE #EEE59B #A4EE9B

monochromatic

#7632DC #9967E5 #BC9BEE #DFCFF7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BC9BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BC9BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BEE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BEE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.121 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f4',
    500: '#bc9bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bee;
$custom-light: #d1b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.855,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74995,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BEE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31386

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BEE

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

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