#BC97DE#BC97DE

#BC97DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97DE
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 222)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 32%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 27.19, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 41.17, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0659 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.108 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9880, 38.0989, 74.0769)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97DE #B9DE97

analogous

#9897DE #BC97DE #DE97DC

triadic

#BC97DE #DEBC97 #97DEBC

tetradic

#BC97DE #DE9897 #B9DE97 #97DCDE

square

#BC97DE #DE9897 #B9DE97 #97DCDE

split-complementary

#BC97DE #DCDE97 #97DE98

monochromatic

#803CBE #9E69CF #BC97DE #DAC5ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC97DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BC97DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97DE

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97DE	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e8',
    500: '#bc97de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97de;
$custom-light: #d1b6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.268,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97DE

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#BF2670

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97DE

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

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