Color

#bc9de2

#bc9de2
hex#bc9de2
rgbrgb(188, 157, 226)
hslhsl(267, 54%, 75%)
oklchoklch(0.748 0.102 304.6)
Closest name: Violet Velvet (#b19cd9)Relative luminance 0.403

Colors that go with #bc9de2

Charcoal, Dark Khaki and Amber lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#c3e29d

#9da0e2 · #de9de2

#e2bc9d · #9de2bc

Split-complementary

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#e2de9d · #a0e29d

#e29da0 · #c3e29d · #9de2de

Contrast

#bc9de2 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.32:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #8e5ace as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #7137b9 as the text (7.12:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #3d3d3d (4.69:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #1f1f1f (7.11:1)
Aaon black
9.06:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #bc9de2 as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#bc9de2 reads as cool, light, clean. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #bc9de2
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #bc9de2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/bc9de2-b39cc4-dfda4e-2c1f2d-e9eaf1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md