#BC9DEB#BC9DEB

#BC9DEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DEB
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 235)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 33.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 26.73, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 44.08, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% 0.0605 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.114 302)
XYZ	xyz(47.7882, 40.8034, 83.9394)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DEB #CCEB9D

analogous

#9DA5EB #BC9DEB #E39DEB

triadic

#BC9DEB #EBBC9D #9DEBBC

tetradic

#BC9DEB #EB9DA5 #CCEB9D #9DEBE3

square

#BC9DEB #EB9DA5 #CCEB9D #9DEBE3

split-complementary

#BC9DEB #EBE39D #A5EB9D

monochromatic

#7737D6 #996AE1 #BC9DEB #DFD0F5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BC9DEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BC9DEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DEB

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DEB	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ABE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9deb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf1',
    500: '#bc9deb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9deb;
$custom-light: #d1baf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9deb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.846,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75222,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.40803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1885

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DEB

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

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