#BC9CEA#BC9CEA

#BC9CEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CEA
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 234)
HSL	hsl(265, 65%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 27.06, -34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 44.19, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0617 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.115 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4757, 40.4088, 83.1245)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CEA #CAEA9C

analogous

#9CA3EA #BC9CEA #E39CEA

triadic

#BC9CEA #EABC9C #9CEABC

tetradic

#BC9CEA #EA9CA3 #CAEA9C #9CEAE3

square

#BC9CEA #EA9CA3 #CAEA9C #9CEAE3

split-complementary

#BC9CEA #EAE39C #A3EA9C

monochromatic

#7837D5 #9A6ADF #BC9CEA #DECEF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BC9CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BC9CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CEA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CEA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f1',
    500: '#bc9cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cea;
$custom-light: #d1b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CEA

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CD1983

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CEA

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

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