#BC9CFF#BC9CFF

#BC9CFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.142 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CFF
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 255)
HSL	hsl(259, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(259, 39%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 38.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 31.92, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 55.15, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0662 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.142 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6733, 41.6879, 99.9652)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CFF #DFFF9C

analogous

#9CADFF #BC9CFF #ED9CFF

triadic

#BC9CFF #FFBC9C #9CFFBC

tetradic

#BC9CFF #FF9CAD #DFFF9C #9CFFED

square

#BC9CFF #FF9CAD #DFFF9C #9CFFED

split-complementary

#BC9CFF #FFED9C #ADFF9C

monochromatic

#6922FF #935FFF #BC9CFF #E5D9FF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BC9CFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BC9CFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CFF

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CFF	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ADFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFADC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.142 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b9ff',
    500: '#bc9cff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cff;
$custom-light: #d2b9ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.394,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75972,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CFF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009B

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CFF

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

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