#BC9CEE#BC9CEE

#BC9CEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CEE
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 71%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 34.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 27.97, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 46.27, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0626 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.12 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0568, 40.6413, 86.1851)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CEE #CEEE9C

analogous

#9CA5EE #BC9CEE #E59CEE

triadic

#BC9CEE #EEBC9C #9CEEBC

tetradic

#BC9CEE #EE9CA5 #CEEE9C #9CEEE5

square

#BC9CEE #EE9CA5 #CEEE9C #9CEEE5

split-complementary

#BC9CEE #EEE59C #A5EE9C

monochromatic

#7534DC #9968E5 #BC9CEE #DFD0F7 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BC9CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CEE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CEE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f4',
    500: '#bc9cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cee;
$custom-light: #d1b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.415,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75175,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CEE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D31388

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CEE

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

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