#BC97CF#BC97CF

#BC97CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.089 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97CF
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 207)
HSL	hsl(280, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 27.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 24.02, -23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 33.59, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0618 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.089 314)
XYZ	xyz(43.0663, 37.3302, 63.9561)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97CF #AACF97

analogous

#A097CF #BC97CF #CF97C6

triadic

#BC97CF #CFBC97 #97CFBC

tetradic

#BC97CF #CFA097 #AACF97 #97C6CF

square

#BC97CF #CFA097 #AACF97 #97C6CF

split-complementary

#BC97CF #C6CF97 #97CFA0

monochromatic

#844AA1 #A16DBC #BC97CF #D7C1E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BC97CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BC97CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97CF

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97CF	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.089 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dd',
    500: '#bc97cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97cf;
$custom-light: #d0b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72943,
    "c": 0.08893,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.3733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97CF

secondary

#DEE9D9

accent

#B0365F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97CF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →