#BC97DF#BC97DF

#BC97DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97DF
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 223)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 32.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 27.41, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 41.68, 311.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0661 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.109 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1224, 38.1526, 74.7848)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97DF #BADF97

analogous

#9897DF #BC97DF #DF97DE

triadic

#BC97DF #DFBC97 #97DFBC

tetradic

#BC97DF #DF9897 #BADF97 #97DEDF

square

#BC97DF #DF9897 #BADF97 #97DEDF

split-complementary

#BC97DF #DEDF97 #97DF98

monochromatic

#803BC0 #9E68D1 #BC97DF #DAC6ED #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC97DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BC97DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97DF

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97DF	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e9',
    500: '#bc97df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97df;
$custom-light: #d1b6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.833,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97DF

secondary

#E5EFDC

accent

#C02571

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97DF

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

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