#BC97DB#BC97DB

#BC97DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97DB
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 219)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 31.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 26.54, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 39.64, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0651 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.104 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5895, 37.9395, 71.9781)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97DB #B6DB97

analogous

#9A97DB #BC97DB #DB97D8

triadic

#BC97DB #DBBC97 #97DBBC

tetradic

#BC97DB #DB9A97 #B6DB97 #97D8DB

square

#BC97DB #DB9A97 #B6DB97 #97D8DB

split-complementary

#BC97DB #D8DB97 #97DB9A

monochromatic

#8140B8 #9F6ACB #BC97DB #D9C4EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC97DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BC97DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97DB

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97DB	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e6',
    500: '#bc97db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97db;
$custom-light: #d1b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.647,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73438,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97DB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BC2A6C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97DB

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

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