#BC9EF8#BC9EF8

#BC9EF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EF8
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 87%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(260, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 36.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 29.16, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 50.25, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0621 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.13 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9053, 41.9221, 94.2513)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EF8 #DAF89E

analogous

#9EADF8 #BC9EF8 #E99EF8

triadic

#BC9EF8 #F8BC9E #9EF8BC

tetradic

#BC9EF8 #F89EAD #DAF89E #9EF8E9

square

#BC9EF8 #F89EAD #DAF89E #9EF8E9

split-complementary

#BC9EF8 #F8E99E #ADF89E

monochromatic

#6D2CF0 #9565F4 #BC9EF8 #E3D7FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BC9EF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BC9EF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EF8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EF8	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87ADFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DADF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1ADBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbfb',
    500: '#bc9ef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ef8;
$custom-light: #d1bbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 86.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75995,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E30298

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141117

muted

#838085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EF8

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

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