#BC97E7#BC97E7

#BC97E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97E7
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 231)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 34.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 29.17, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 45.80, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0681 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.119 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2266, 38.5943, 80.6000)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97E7 #C2E797

analogous

#979AE7 #BC97E7 #E497E7

triadic

#BC97E7 #E7BC97 #97E7BC

tetradic

#BC97E7 #E7979A #C2E797 #97E7E4

square

#BC97E7 #E7979A #C2E797 #97E7E4

split-complementary

#BC97E7 #E7E497 #9AE797

monochromatic

#7C34D0 #9C65DC #BC97E7 #DCC9F2 #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC97E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BC97E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97E7

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97E7	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA7E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6ef',
    500: '#bc97e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97e7;
$custom-light: #d1b6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.75,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97E7

secondary

#E6F1DA

accent

#CA1B79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97E7

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

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