#BC9EEA#BC9EEA

#BC9EEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.111 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EEA
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 234)
HSL	hsl(264, 64%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(264, 32%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 32.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 25.95, -34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 42.92, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% 0.0588 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.111 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8141, 41.0856, 83.2373)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EEA #CCEA9E

analogous

#9EA6EA #BC9EEA #E29EEA

triadic

#BC9EEA #EABC9E #9EEABC

tetradic

#BC9EEA #EA9EA6 #CCEA9E #9EEAE2

square

#BC9EEA #EA9EA6 #CCEA9E #9EEAE2

split-complementary

#BC9EEA #EAE29E #A6EA9E

monochromatic

#7739D4 #996CDF #BC9EEA #DFD0F5 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BC9EEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BC9EEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EEA

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EEA	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.111 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf1',
    500: '#bc9eea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eea;
$custom-light: #d1bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7536,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EEA

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CC1986

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EEA

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

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