#BC97D2#BC97D2

#BC97D2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.093 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97D2
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 210)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 24.64, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 35.09, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0626 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.093 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4366, 37.4783, 65.9061)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97D2 #ADD297

analogous

#9E97D2 #BC97D2 #D297CA

triadic

#BC97D2 #D2BC97 #97D2BC

tetradic

#BC97D2 #D29E97 #ADD297 #97CAD2

square

#BC97D2 #D29E97 #ADD297 #97CAD2

split-complementary

#BC97D2 #CAD297 #97D29E

monochromatic

#8348A7 #A06CC0 #BC97D2 #D8C2E4 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BC97D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BC97D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97D2

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97D2	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.093 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6e0',
    500: '#bc97d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97d2;
$custom-light: #d0b6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.627,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73064,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97D2

secondary

#E0EADA

accent

#B33363

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97D2

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

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