#BC9EF5#BC9EF5

#BC9EF5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EF5
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 245)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(261, 36%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 28.46, -39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 48.68, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0614 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.126 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4436, 41.7374, 91.8198)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EF5 #D7F59E

analogous

#9EACF5 #BC9EF5 #E89EF5

triadic

#BC9EF5 #F5BC9E #9EF5BC

tetradic

#BC9EF5 #F59EAC #D7F59E #9EF5E8

square

#BC9EF5 #F59EAC #D7F59E #9EF5E8

split-complementary

#BC9EF5 #F5E89E #ACF59E

monochromatic

#6F2FEA #9667EF #BC9EF5 #E2D5FB #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BC9EF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BC9EF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EF5

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EF5	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89ADF8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EACF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ACBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ef5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbf8',
    500: '#bc9ef5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ef5;
$custom-light: #d1bbf8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ef5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 81.308,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75855,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EF5

secondary

#EAF4D7

accent

#DE0894

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EF5

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

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