#BC9EE2#BC9EE2

#BC9EE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.101 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EE2
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 226)
HSL	hsl(266, 54%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 30.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 24.17, -30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 38.76, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0568 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.101 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6906, 40.6362, 77.3206)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EE2 #C4E29E

analogous

#9EA2E2 #BC9EE2 #DE9EE2

triadic

#BC9EE2 #E2BC9E #9EE2BC

tetradic

#BC9EE2 #E29EA2 #C4E29E #9EE2DE

square

#BC9EE2 #E29EA2 #C4E29E #9EE2DE

split-complementary

#BC9EE2 #E2DE9E #A2E29E

monochromatic

#7B40C6 #9B6FD4 #BC9EE2 #DDCDF0 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BC9EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EE2

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EE2	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.101 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbeb',
    500: '#bc9ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ee2;
$custom-light: #d1bbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75015,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EE2

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C1247C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EE2

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

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