#BC9BEF#BC9BEF

#BC9BEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.123 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BEF
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 239)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 35.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 28.75, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 47.42, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0642 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.123 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0370, 40.3660, 86.9053)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BEF #CEEF9B

analogous

#9BA4EF #BC9BEF #E69BEF

triadic

#BC9BEF #EFBC9B #9BEFBC

tetradic

#BC9BEF #EF9BA4 #CEEF9B #9BEFE6

square

#BC9BEF #EF9BA4 #CEEF9B #9BEFE6

split-complementary

#BC9BEF #EFE69B #A4EF9B

monochromatic

#7531DE #9966E7 #BC9BEF #DFD0F7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BC9BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BC9BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BEF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BEF	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EAAED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.123 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f4',
    500: '#bc9bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bef;
$custom-light: #d1b8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75041,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BEF

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41188

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BEF

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

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