#BC96DD#BC96DD

#BC96DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.108 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96DD
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 32.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 27.53, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 41.30, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0671 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.108 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6941, 37.7249, 73.3197)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96DD #B7DD96

analogous

#9996DD #BC96DD #DD96DA

triadic

#BC96DD #DDBC96 #96DDBC

tetradic

#BC96DD #DD9996 #B7DD96 #96DADD

square

#BC96DD #DD9996 #B7DD96 #96DADD

split-complementary

#BC96DD #DADD96 #96DD99

monochromatic

#813DBC #9F68CE #BC96DD #D9C4EC #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC96DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BC96DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96DD

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96DD	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.108 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5e7',
    500: '#bc96dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96dd;
$custom-light: #d1b5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73342,
    "c": 0.10799,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE276D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96DD

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

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