#BC9DEC#BC9DEC

#BC9DEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.115 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DEC
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 33.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 26.96, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 44.60, 307.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0607 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.115 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9331, 40.8614, 84.7024)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DEC #CDEC9D

analogous

#9DA6EC #BC9DEC #E39DEC

triadic

#BC9DEC #ECBC9D #9DECBC

tetradic

#BC9DEC #EC9DA6 #CDEC9D #9DECE3

square

#BC9DEC #EC9DA6 #CDEC9D #9DECE3

split-complementary

#BC9DEC #ECE39D #A6EC9D

monochromatic

#7636D8 #996AE2 #BC9DEC #DFD0F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BC9DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BC9DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DEC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DEC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.115 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf2',
    500: '#bc9dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dec;
$custom-light: #d1baf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.544,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#CF1687

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DEC

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

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