#BC97E2#BC97E2

#BC97E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97E2
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 226)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 33%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 33.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 28.06, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 43.22, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0669 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.113 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5305, 38.3159, 76.9339)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97E2 #BDE297

analogous

#9798E2 #BC97E2 #E297E2

triadic

#BC97E2 #E2BC97 #97E2BC

tetradic

#BC97E2 #E29798 #BDE297 #97E2E2

square

#BC97E2 #E29798 #BDE297 #97E2E2

split-complementary

#BC97E2 #E2E297 #98E297

monochromatic

#7E38C7 #9D67D5 #BC97E2 #DBC7EF #F0E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC97E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BC97E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97E2

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97E2	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6eb',
    500: '#bc97e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97e2;
$custom-light: #d1b6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.6,
    "s": 56.391,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7374,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97E2

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C42274

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97E2

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

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