#BC9EDD#BC9EDD

#BC9EDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.094 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EDD
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 23.08, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 36.17, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% 0.0554 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.094 306)
XYZ	xyz(46.0145, 40.3658, 73.7598)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EDD #BFDD9E

analogous

#9EA0DD #BC9EDD #DC9EDD

triadic

#BC9EDD #DDBC9E #9EDDBC

tetradic

#BC9EDD #DD9EA0 #BFDD9E #9EDDDC

square

#BC9EDD #DD9EA0 #BFDD9E #9EDDDC

split-complementary

#BC9EDD #DDDC9E #A0DD9E

monochromatic

#7D43BD #9D71CD #BC9EDD #DBCBED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BC9EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BC9EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EDD

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EDD	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.094 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bae7',
    500: '#bc9edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9edd;
$custom-light: #d1bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74805,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A76

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EDD

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

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