#BC9EDA#BC9EDA

#BC9EDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.090 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EDA
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 218)
HSL	hsl(270, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 27.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 22.44, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 34.62, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0546 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.09 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6184, 40.2073, 71.6736)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EDA #BCDA9E

analogous

#9E9EDA #BC9EDA #DA9EDA

triadic

#BC9EDA #DABC9E #9EDABC

tetradic

#BC9EDA #DA9E9E #BCDA9E #9EDADA

square

#BC9EDA #DA9E9E #BCDA9E #9EDADA

split-complementary

#BC9EDA #DADA9E #9EDA9E

monochromatic

#7F46B8 #9D72C9 #BC9EDA #DBCAEB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BC9EDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BC9EDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EDA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EDA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A9DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.090 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae5',
    500: '#bc9eda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eda;
$custom-light: #d0bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74682,
    "c": 0.09045,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EDA

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B82E73

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EDA

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

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