#BC9DE2#BC9DE2

#BC9DE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DE2
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 30.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 24.73, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 39.39, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0582 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.102 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5208, 40.2964, 77.2640)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DE2 #C3E29D

analogous

#9DA0E2 #BC9DE2 #DF9DE2

triadic

#BC9DE2 #E2BC9D #9DE2BC

tetradic

#BC9DE2 #E29DA0 #C3E29D #9DE2DF

square

#BC9DE2 #E29DA0 #C3E29D #9DE2DF

split-complementary

#BC9DE2 #E2DF9D #A0E29D

monochromatic

#7B3FC6 #9C6ED4 #BC9DE2 #DCCCF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BC9DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BC9DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DE2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DE2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AAE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baeb',
    500: '#bc9de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9de2;
$custom-light: #d1baeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.957,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74831,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DE2

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C2247B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DE2

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

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