#BC9CEC#BC9CEC

#BC9CEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.117 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CEC
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 33.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 27.51, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 45.23, 307.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0621 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.117 302)
XYZ	xyz(47.7646, 40.5244, 84.6462)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CEC #CCEC9C

analogous

#9CA4EC #BC9CEC #E49CEC

triadic

#BC9CEC #ECBC9C #9CECBC

tetradic

#BC9CEC #EC9CA4 #CCEC9C #9CECE4

square

#BC9CEC #EC9CA4 #CCEC9C #9CECE4

split-complementary

#BC9CEC #ECE49C #A4EC9C

monochromatic

#7735D8 #9969E2 #BC9CEC #DFCFF6 #EEE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BC9CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BC9CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CEC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CEC	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AAAEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90AAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.117 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f2',
    500: '#bc9cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cec;
$custom-light: #d1b9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75085,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.40524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D01685

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CEC

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

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