#BC9DFF#BC9DFF

#BC9DFF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DFF
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 255)
HSL	hsl(259, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(259, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 38.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 31.36, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 54.53, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0649 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.14 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8418, 42.0249, 100.0214)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DFF #E0FF9D

analogous

#9DAFFF #BC9DFF #ED9DFF

triadic

#BC9DFF #FFBC9D #9DFFBC

tetradic

#BC9DFF #FF9DAF #E0FF9D #9DFFED

square

#BC9DFF #FF9DAF #E0FF9D #9DFFED

split-complementary

#BC9DFF #FFED9D #AFFF9D

monochromatic

#6823FF #9260FF #BC9DFF #E6DAFF #EAE0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BC9DFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BC9DFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DFF

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DFF	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83AEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88ACFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFAEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2baff',
    500: '#bc9dff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dff;
$custom-light: #d2baff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.98,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76149,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DFF

secondary

#ECF7D4

accent

#E6009D

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141118

muted

#838086

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DFF

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

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