#BC9BF4#BC9BF4

#BC9BF4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BF4
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 244)
HSL	hsl(262, 80%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 36.5%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 29.90, -40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 50.03, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0653 -0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.129 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7859, 40.6655, 90.8495)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BF4 #D3F49B

analogous

#9BA6F4 #BC9BF4 #E89BF4

triadic

#BC9BF4 #F4BC9B #9BF4BC

tetradic

#BC9BF4 #F49BA6 #D3F49B #9BF4E8

square

#BC9BF4 #F49BA6 #D3F49B #9BF4E8

split-complementary

#BC9BF4 #F4E89B #A6F49B

monochromatic

#722DE8 #9764EE #BC9BF4 #E1D2FA #EDE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9BF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BC9BF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BF4

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BF4	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ABF7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CAAF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bf4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f8',
    500: '#bc9bf4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bf4;
$custom-light: #d1b8f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bf4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.247,
    "s": 80.18,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75272,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BF4

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DD098E

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BF4

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

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