#BC97D9#BC97D9

#BC97D9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97D9
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 30.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 26.12, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 38.62, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0646 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.101 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3278, 37.8348, 70.5998)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97D9 #B4D997

analogous

#9B97D9 #BC97D9 #D997D5

triadic

#BC97D9 #D9BC97 #97D9BC

tetradic

#BC97D9 #D99B97 #B4D997 #97D5D9

square

#BC97D9 #D99B97 #B4D997 #97D5D9

split-complementary

#BC97D9 #D5D997 #97D99B

monochromatic

#8242B4 #9F6AC9 #BC97D9 #D9C4E9 #F1E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC97D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BC97D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97D9

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97D9	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e5',
    500: '#bc97d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97d9;
$custom-light: #d1b6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.636,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97D9

secondary

#E4EEDD

accent

#BA2C6A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97D9

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

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