#BC96D2#BC96D2

#BC96D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.094 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96D2
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 29%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 25.19, -25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 35.74, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0641 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.094 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2763, 37.1578, 65.8526)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96D2 #ACD296

analogous

#9E96D2 #BC96D2 #D296CA

triadic

#BC96D2 #D2BC96 #96D2BC

tetradic

#BC96D2 #D29E96 #ACD296 #96CAD2

square

#BC96D2 #D29E96 #ACD296 #96CAD2

split-complementary

#BC96D2 #CAD296 #96D29E

monochromatic

#8347A6 #A16BC0 #BC96D2 #D7C1E4 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC96D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BC96D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96D2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96D2	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.094 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5e0',
    500: '#bc96d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96d2;
$custom-light: #d0b5e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72881,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96D2

secondary

#E0EADA

accent

#B33262

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96D2

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

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