#BC9EEE#BC9EEE

#BC9EEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EEE
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 238)
HSL	hsl(263, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 33.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 26.86, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 45.01, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0598 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.116 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3952, 41.3180, 86.2979)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EEE #D0EE9E

analogous

#9EA8EE #BC9EEE #E49EEE

triadic

#BC9EEE #EEBC9E #9EEEBC

tetradic

#BC9EEE #EE9EA8 #D0EE9E #9EEEE4

square

#BC9EEE #EE9EA8 #D0EE9E #9EEEE4

split-complementary

#BC9EEE #EEE49E #A8EE9E

monochromatic

#7436DC #986AE5 #BC9EEE #E0D2F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BC9EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BC9EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EEE

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EEE	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CACF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ACEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3ABBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf4',
    500: '#bc9eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eee;
$custom-light: #d1bbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EEE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2138B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EEE

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

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