#BC96DE#BC96DE

#BC96DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.109 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96DE
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 222)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 32.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 27.75, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 41.81, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0673 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.109 308)
XYZ	xyz(44.8277, 37.7784, 74.0235)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96DE #B8DE96

analogous

#9896DE #BC96DE #DE96DC

triadic

#BC96DE #DEBC96 #96DEBC

tetradic

#BC96DE #DE9896 #B8DE96 #96DCDE

square

#BC96DE #DE9896 #B8DE96 #96DCDE

split-complementary

#BC96DE #DCDE96 #96DE98

monochromatic

#803CBE #9E67CF #BC96DE #DAC5ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC96DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BC96DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96DE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96DE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.109 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5e8',
    500: '#bc96de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96de;
$custom-light: #d1b5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.37778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96DE

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C0266E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96DE

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

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