#BC9CF5#BC9CF5

#BC9CF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.129 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CF5
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 245)
HSL	hsl(262, 82%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 36.3%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, 29.57, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 49.93, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0642 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.129 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1053, 41.0607, 91.7070)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CF5 #D5F59C

analogous

#9CA8F5 #BC9CF5 #E89CF5

triadic

#BC9CF5 #F5BC9C #9CF5BC

tetradic

#BC9CF5 #F59CA8 #D5F59C #9CF5E8

square

#BC9CF5 #F59CA8 #D5F59C #9CF5E8

split-complementary

#BC9CF5 #F5E89C #A8F59C

monochromatic

#712DEA #9664EF #BC9CF5 #E2D4FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BC9CF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BC9CF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CF5

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CF5	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86ABF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CABF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.129 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9f9',
    500: '#bc9cf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cf5;
$custom-light: #d1b9f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.573,
    "s": 81.651,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75497,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DE0791

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CF5

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

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