#BC9CF0#BC9CF0

#BC9CF0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.122 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CF0
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 240)
HSL	hsl(263, 74%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(263, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 35%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 28.42, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 47.31, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0631 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.122 301)
XYZ	xyz(48.3523, 40.7595, 87.7412)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CF0 #D0F09C

analogous

#9CA6F0 #BC9CF0 #E69CF0

triadic

#BC9CF0 #F0BC9C #9CF0BC

tetradic

#BC9CF0 #F09CA6 #D0F09C #9CF0E6

square

#BC9CF0 #F09CA6 #D0F09C #9CF0E6

split-complementary

#BC9CF0 #F0E69C #A6F09C

monochromatic

#7432E0 #9867E8 #BC9CF0 #E0D1F8 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BC9CF0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BC9CF0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CF0

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CF0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CF0	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88ABF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cf0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.122 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f5',
    500: '#bc9cf0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cf0;
$custom-light: #d1b9f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cf0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75266,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.4076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CF0

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D6108A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CF0

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

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