#BC97D5#BC97D5

#BC97D5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.096 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97D5
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 213)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(276, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 25.27, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 36.60, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0635 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.096 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8138, 37.6292, 67.8929)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97D5 #B0D597

analogous

#9D97D5 #BC97D5 #D597CF

triadic

#BC97D5 #D5BC97 #97D5BC

tetradic

#BC97D5 #D59D97 #B0D597 #97CFD5

square

#BC97D5 #D59D97 #B0D597 #97CFD5

split-complementary

#BC97D5 #CFD597 #97D59D

monochromatic

#8346AC #A06BC3 #BC97D5 #D8C3E7 #F1E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC97D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BC97D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97D5

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97D5	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.096 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e2',
    500: '#bc97d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97d5;
$custom-light: #d1b6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.806,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73186,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97D5

secondary

#E2ECDC

accent

#B63066

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97D5

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

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