#BC9EE7#BC9EE7

#BC9EE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.107 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EE7
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 231)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 31.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 25.28, -32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 41.36, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0581 -0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.107 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3867, 40.9146, 80.9867)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EE7 #C9E79E

analogous

#9EA5E7 #BC9EE7 #E19EE7

triadic

#BC9EE7 #E7BC9E #9EE7BC

tetradic

#BC9EE7 #E79EA5 #C9E79E #9EE7E1

square

#BC9EE7 #E79EA5 #C9E79E #9EE7E1

split-complementary

#BC9EE7 #E7E19E #A5E79E

monochromatic

#783CCF #9A6DDB #BC9EE7 #DECFF3 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BC9EE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BC9EE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EE7

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EE7	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FABEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.107 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbef',
    500: '#bc9ee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ee7;
$custom-light: #d1bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.658,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75229,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EE7

secondary

#E7F0DB

accent

#C81D82

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EE7

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

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