#BC9EED#BC9EED

#BC9EED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EED
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 237)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 26.63, -35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 44.49, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0596 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.115 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2487, 41.2594, 85.5263)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EED #CFED9E

analogous

#9EA7ED #BC9EED #E49EED

triadic

#BC9EED #EDBC9E #9EEDBC

tetradic

#BC9EED #ED9EA7 #CFED9E #9EEDE4

square

#BC9EED #ED9EA7 #CFED9E #9EEDE4

split-complementary

#BC9EED #EDE49E #A7ED9E

monochromatic

#7537DA #986AE3 #BC9EED #E0D2F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BC9EED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BC9EED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EED

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EED	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92ACEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf3',
    500: '#bc9eed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eed;
$custom-light: #d1bbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.785,
    "s": 68.696,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75493,
    "c": 0.11514,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11589

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EED

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →