#BC9DEE#BC9DEE

#BC9DEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DEE
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 34%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 27.41, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 45.64, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0612 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.118 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2253, 40.9783, 86.2413)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DEE #CFEE9D

analogous

#9DA6EE #BC9DEE #E59DEE

triadic

#BC9DEE #EEBC9D #9DEEBC

tetradic

#BC9DEE #EE9DA6 #CFEE9D #9DEEE5

square

#BC9DEE #EE9DA6 #CFEE9D #9DEEE5

split-complementary

#BC9DEE #EEE59D #A6EE9D

monochromatic

#7535DC #9869E5 #BC9DEE #E0D1F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BC9DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BC9DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DEE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DEE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90ABEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf4',
    500: '#bc9dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dee;
$custom-light: #d1baf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.963,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75356,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DEE

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D21389

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DEE

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

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