#BC9EE5#BC9EE5

#BC9EE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.105 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EE5
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 229)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 31%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 24.83, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 40.32, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0576 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.105 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1059, 40.8023, 79.5075)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EE5 #C7E59E

analogous

#9EA3E5 #BC9EE5 #DF9EE5

triadic

#BC9EE5 #E5BC9E #9EE5BC

tetradic

#BC9EE5 #E59EA3 #C7E59E #9EE5DF

square

#BC9EE5 #E59EA3 #C7E59E #9EE5DF

split-complementary

#BC9EE5 #E5DF9E #A3E59E

monochromatic

#793DCB #9B6ED8 #BC9EE5 #DDCEF2 #EEE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BC9EE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BC9EE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EE5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EE5	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ABE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.105 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbed',
    500: '#bc9ee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ee5;
$custom-light: #d1bbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.352,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75143,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EE5

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C52080

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EE5

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

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