#BC9EDE#BC9EDE

#BC9EDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.096 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EDE
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 23.30, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 36.68, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0557 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.096 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1482, 40.4192, 74.4636)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EDE #C0DE9E

analogous

#9EA0DE #BC9EDE #DC9EDE

triadic

#BC9EDE #DEBC9E #9EDEBC

tetradic

#BC9EDE #DE9EA0 #C0DE9E #9EDEDC

square

#BC9EDE #DE9EA0 #C0DE9E #9EDEDC

split-complementary

#BC9EDE #DEDC9E #A0DE9E

monochromatic

#7D43BF #9C70CE #BC9EDE #DCCCEE #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BC9EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BC9EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EDE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EDE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.096 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bae8',
    500: '#bc9ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ede;
$custom-light: #d1bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EDE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2977

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EDE

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

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