#BC9BF9#BC9BF9

#BC9BF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.136 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BF9
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 249)
HSL	hsl(261, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 37.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 31.06, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 52.64, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0664 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.136 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5554, 40.9733, 94.9021)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BF9 #D8F99B

analogous

#9BA9F9 #BC9BF9 #EB9BF9

triadic

#BC9BF9 #F9BC9B #9BF9BC

tetradic

#BC9BF9 #F99BA9 #D8F99B #9BF9EB

square

#BC9BF9 #F99BA9 #D8F99B #9BF9EB

split-complementary

#BC9BF9 #F9EB9B #A9F99B

monochromatic

#6F28F2 #9561F6 #BC9BF9 #E3D5FC #ECE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BC9BF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BC9BF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BF9

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BF9	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83ABFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89ABF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.136 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b8fb',
    500: '#bc9bf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bf9;
$custom-light: #d2b8fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.064,
    "s": 88.679,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75507,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BF9

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E50095

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BF9

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

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