#BC9EE4#BC9EE4

#BC9EE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EE4
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 228)
HSL	hsl(266, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(266, 31%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 30.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 24.61, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 39.80, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.0573 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.103 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9667, 40.7466, 78.7743)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EE4 #C6E49E

analogous

#9EA3E4 #BC9EE4 #DF9EE4

triadic

#BC9EE4 #E4BC9E #9EE4BC

tetradic

#BC9EE4 #E49EA3 #C6E49E #9EE4DF

square

#BC9EE4 #E49EA3 #C6E49E #9EE4DF

split-complementary

#BC9EE4 #E4DF9E #A3E49E

monochromatic

#7A3EC9 #9B6ED7 #BC9EE4 #DDCEF1 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BC9EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EE4

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EE4	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90AAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbec',
    500: '#bc9ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ee4;
$custom-light: #d1bbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.751,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EE4

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C4217E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EE4

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

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