#BC94DD#BC94DD

#BC94DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.111 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC94DD
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 221)
HSL	hsl(273, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(273, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 33%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 28.64, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 42.59, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.07 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.111 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3777, 37.0921, 73.2142)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC94DD #B5DD94

analogous

#9894DD #BC94DD #DD94D9

triadic

#BC94DD #DDBC94 #94DDBC

tetradic

#BC94DD #DD9894 #B5DD94 #94D9DD

square

#BC94DD #DD9894 #B5DD94 #94D9DD

split-complementary

#BC94DD #D9DD94 #94DD98

monochromatic

#813BBB #9F66CE #BC94DD #D9C2EC #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC94DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#BC94DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC94DD

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC94DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC94DD	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89EAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc94dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.111 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b4e7',
    500: '#bc94dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc94dd;
$custom-light: #d1b4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc94dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.877,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC94DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BF266B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC94DD

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

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