#BC9DF2#BC9DF2

#BC9DF2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DF2
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 242)
HSL	hsl(262, 77%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 35%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 35.1%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 28.33, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 47.73, 306.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0621 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.123 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8195, 41.2159, 89.3707)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DF2 #D3F29D

analogous

#9DA8F2 #BC9DF2 #E69DF2

triadic

#BC9DF2 #F2BC9D #9DF2BC

tetradic

#BC9DF2 #F29DA8 #D3F29D #9DF2E6

square

#BC9DF2 #F29DA8 #D3F29D #9DF2E6

split-complementary

#BC9DF2 #F2E69D #A8F29D

monochromatic

#7231E4 #9767EB #BC9DF2 #E1D3F9 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BC9DF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BC9DF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DF2

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DF2	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ACF5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EABF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2ABBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9df2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf6',
    500: '#bc9df2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9df2;
$custom-light: #d1baf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9df2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.882,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DF2

secondary

#E9F3D8

accent

#D90D8E

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F6FE

border

#D2D0D6

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DF2

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

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