#BC97DD#BC97DD

#BC97DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97DD
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 221)
HSL	hsl(272, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 26.98, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 40.66, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0656 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.106 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8544, 38.0454, 73.3731)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97DD #B8DD97

analogous

#9997DD #BC97DD #DD97DB

triadic

#BC97DD #DDBC97 #97DDBC

tetradic

#BC97DD #DD9997 #B8DD97 #97DBDD

square

#BC97DD #DD9997 #B8DD97 #97DBDD

split-complementary

#BC97DD #DBDD97 #97DD99

monochromatic

#803DBC #9E69CE #BC97DD #DAC5EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC97DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BC97DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97DD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97DD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e7',
    500: '#bc97dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97dd;
$custom-light: #d1b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.714,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73523,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97DD

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BE276E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97DD

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

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