#BC97E1#BC97E1

#BC97E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.111 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97E1
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 225)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 32.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 27.85, -32.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 42.71, 310.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0666 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.111 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3936, 38.2611, 76.2133)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97E1 #BCE197

analogous

#9797E1 #BC97E1 #E197E1

triadic

#BC97E1 #E1BC97 #97E1BC

tetradic

#BC97E1 #E19797 #BCE197 #97E1E1

square

#BC97E1 #E19797 #BCE197 #97E1E1

split-complementary

#BC97E1 #E1E197 #97E197

monochromatic

#7F39C5 #9D67D3 #BC97E1 #DBC6EF #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC97E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BC97E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97E1

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97E1	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.111 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6ea',
    500: '#bc97e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97e1;
$custom-light: #d1b6ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97E1

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#C32373

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97E1

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

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