#BC9EEB#BC9EEB

#BC9EEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.113 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EEB
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 32.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 26.18, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 43.45, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.0591 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.113 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9581, 41.1432, 83.9960)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EEB #CDEB9E

analogous

#9EA7EB #BC9EEB #E39EEB

triadic

#BC9EEB #EBBC9E #9EEBBC

tetradic

#BC9EEB #EB9EA7 #CDEB9E #9EEBE3

square

#BC9EEB #EB9EA7 #CDEB9E #9EEBE3

split-complementary

#BC9EEB #EBE39E #A7EB9E

monochromatic

#7639D6 #996BE1 #BC9EEB #DFD1F5 #EDE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BC9EEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BC9EEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EEB

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EEB	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.113 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf1',
    500: '#bc9eeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eeb;
$custom-light: #d1bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.377,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EEB

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CE1887

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EEB

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

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