#BC9EE3#BC9EE3

#BC9EE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.102 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EE3
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 55%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 24.39, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 39.28, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.057 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.102 304)
XYZ	xyz(46.8282, 40.6912, 78.0453)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EE3 #C5E39E

analogous

#9EA2E3 #BC9EE3 #DE9EE3

triadic

#BC9EE3 #E3BC9E #9EE3BC

tetradic

#BC9EE3 #E39EA2 #C5E39E #9EE3DE

square

#BC9EE3 #E39EA2 #C5E39E #9EE3DE

split-complementary

#BC9EE3 #E3DE9E #A2E39E

monochromatic

#7A3FC8 #9B6FD5 #BC9EE3 #DDCDF1 #EFE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BC9EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EE3

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EE3	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ABE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.102 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbec',
    500: '#bc9ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ee3;
$custom-light: #d1bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75057,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.40691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EE3

secondary

#E7EFDC

accent

#C3237D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EE3

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

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