#BC9EE8#BC9EE8

#BC9EE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EE8
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 232)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 31.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 25.50, -33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 41.88, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0583 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.109 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5284, 40.9713, 81.7326)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EE8 #CAE89E

analogous

#9EA5E8 #BC9EE8 #E19EE8

triadic

#BC9EE8 #E8BC9E #9EE8BC

tetradic

#BC9EE8 #E89EA5 #CAE89E #9EE8E1

square

#BC9EE8 #E89EA5 #CAE89E #9EE8E1

split-complementary

#BC9EE8 #E8E19E #A5E89E

monochromatic

#783BD1 #9A6DDC #BC9EE8 #DECFF4 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BC9EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BC9EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EE8

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EE8	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EABEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ABE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbef',
    500: '#bc9ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ee8;
$custom-light: #d1bbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.324,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75272,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EE8

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#C91C83

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EE8

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

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