#BC9BF5#BC9BF5

#BC9BF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.130 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BF5
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 245)
HSL	hsl(262, 82%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 37%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 36.7%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, 30.13, -40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 50.55, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0656 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.13 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9382, 40.7264, 91.6513)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BF5 #D4F59B

analogous

#9BA7F5 #BC9BF5 #E99BF5

triadic

#BC9BF5 #F5BC9B #9BF5BC

tetradic

#BC9BF5 #F59BA7 #D4F59B #9BF5E9

square

#BC9BF5 #F59BA7 #D4F59B #9BF5E9

split-complementary

#BC9BF5 #F5E99B #A7F59B

monochromatic

#712CEA #9763EF #BC9BF5 #E1D3FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9BF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BC9BF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BF5

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BF5	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85ABF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BAAF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.130 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8f9',
    500: '#bc9bf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bf5;
$custom-light: #d1b8f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BF5

secondary

#E9F4D7

accent

#DE078F

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BF5

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

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