#BC97DC#BC97DC

#BC97DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97DC
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 220)
HSL	hsl(272, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 31.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 26.76, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 40.15, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0653 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.105 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.7215, 37.9923, 72.6735)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97DC #B7DC97

analogous

#9997DC #BC97DC #DC97D9

triadic

#BC97DC #DCBC97 #97DCBC

tetradic

#BC97DC #DC9997 #B7DC97 #97D9DC

square

#BC97DC #DC9997 #B7DC97 #97D9DC

split-complementary

#BC97DC #D9DC97 #97DC99

monochromatic

#813FBA #9F69CD #BC97DC #D9C5EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC97DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BC97DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97DC

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97DC	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e7',
    500: '#bc97dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97dc;
$custom-light: #d1b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.174,
    "s": 49.64,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.10501,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97DC

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD296D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97DC

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

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