#BC9CF9#BC9CF9

#BC9CF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.134 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CF9
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 249)
HSL	hsl(261, 89%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 37.3%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, 30.50, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 52.02, 305.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.065 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.134 299)
XYZ	xyz(49.7225, 41.3076, 94.9578)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CF9 #D9F99C

analogous

#9CABF9 #BC9CF9 #EA9CF9

triadic

#BC9CF9 #F9BC9C #9CF9BC

tetradic

#BC9CF9 #F99CAB #D9F99C #9CF9EA

square

#BC9CF9 #F99CAB #D9F99C #9CF9EA

split-complementary

#BC9CF9 #F9EA9C #ABF99C

monochromatic

#6E29F2 #9562F6 #BC9CF9 #E3D6FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BC9CF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BC9CF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CF9

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CF9	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84ACFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AABF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0ABBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.134 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9fb',
    500: '#bc9cf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cf9;
$custom-light: #d2b9fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.645,
    "s": 88.571,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75684,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.41308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CF9

secondary

#EAF5D6

accent

#E50096

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CF9

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

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