#BC9ECE#BC9ECE

#BC9ECE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.075 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ECE
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 19.92, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 28.51, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.051 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.075 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1046, 39.6018, 63.7010)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ECE #B0CE9E

analogous

#A49ECE #BC9ECE #CE9EC8

triadic

#BC9ECE #CEBC9E #9ECEBC

tetradic

#BC9ECE #CEA49E #B0CE9E #9EC8CE

square

#BC9ECE #CEA49E #B0CE9E #9EC8CE

split-complementary

#BC9ECE #C8CE9E #9ECEA4

monochromatic

#8351A1 #A075B9 #BC9ECE #D8C7E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BC9ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ECE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ECE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.075 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badd',
    500: '#bc9ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ece;
$custom-light: #d0badd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 32.877,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74207,
    "c": 0.07529,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ECE

secondary

#E2EADE

accent

#AC3A65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ECE

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

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