#BC9FF8#BC9FF8

#BC9FF8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.128 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FF8
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 86%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(260, 36%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 35.9%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 28.61, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 49.63, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0607 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.128 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0766, 42.2646, 94.3084)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FF8 #DBF89F

analogous

#9FAEF8 #BC9FF8 #E99FF8

triadic

#BC9FF8 #F8BC9F #9FF8BC

tetradic

#BC9FF8 #F89FAE #DBF89F #9FF8E9

square

#BC9FF8 #F89FAE #DBF89F #9FF8E9

split-complementary

#BC9FF8 #F8E99F #AEF89F

monochromatic

#6C2DF0 #9466F4 #BC9FF8 #E4D8FC #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BC9FF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BC9FF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FF8

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FF8	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AEFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EADF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1AEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.128 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbfb',
    500: '#bc9ff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ff8;
$custom-light: #d1bbfb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.551,
    "s": 86.408,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76174,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FF8

secondary

#EBF5D6

accent

#E3039A

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF6FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#838185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FF8

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

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