#BC9CEB#BC9CEB

#BC9CEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.116 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CEB
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 33.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 27.29, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 44.71, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0619 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.116 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6198, 40.4665, 83.8832)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CEB #CBEB9C

analogous

#9CA4EB #BC9CEB #E49CEB

triadic

#BC9CEB #EBBC9C #9CEBBC

tetradic

#BC9CEB #EB9CA4 #CBEB9C #9CEBE4

square

#BC9CEB #EB9CA4 #CBEB9C #9CEBE4

split-complementary

#BC9CEB #EBE49C #A4EB9C

monochromatic

#7736D6 #9A69E1 #BC9CEB #DECFF5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BC9CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BC9CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CEB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CEB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BAAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91AAE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.116 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f1',
    500: '#bc9ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ceb;
$custom-light: #d1b9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.304,
    "s": 66.387,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75041,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1784

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CEB

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

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