#BC97E4#BC97E4

#BC97E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97E4
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 228)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 34%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 33.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 28.51, -33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 44.25, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0673 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.115 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8065, 38.4263, 78.3876)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97E4 #BFE497

analogous

#9799E4 #BC97E4 #E397E4

triadic

#BC97E4 #E4BC97 #97E4BC

tetradic

#BC97E4 #E49799 #BFE497 #97E4E3

square

#BC97E4 #E49799 #BFE497 #97E4E3

split-complementary

#BC97E4 #E4E397 #99E497

monochromatic

#7D36CB #9D66D7 #BC97E4 #DBC8F1 #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC97E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BC97E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97E4

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97E4	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6ec',
    500: '#bc97e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97e4;
$custom-light: #d1b6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.831,
    "s": 58.779,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97E4

secondary

#E6F0DB

accent

#C61F76

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97E4

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

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