#BC9EEC#BC9EEC

#BC9EEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EEC
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 236)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 33.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 26.40, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 43.97, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% 0.0593 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.114 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1030, 41.2011, 84.7590)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EEC #CEEC9E

analogous

#9EA7EC #BC9EEC #E39EEC

triadic

#BC9EEC #ECBC9E #9EECBC

tetradic

#BC9EEC #EC9EA7 #CEEC9E #9EECE3

square

#BC9EEC #EC9EA7 #CEEC9E #9EECE3

split-complementary

#BC9EEC #ECE39E #A7EC9E

monochromatic

#7538D8 #996BE2 #BC9EEC #DFD1F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BC9EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BC9EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EEC

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EEC	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DABEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf2',
    500: '#bc9eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eec;
$custom-light: #d1bbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75448,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#CF1688

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EEC

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

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