#BC98DD#BC98DD

#BC98DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC98DD
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 26.42, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 40.02, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0641 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.105 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0160, 38.3687, 73.4270)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC98DD #B9DD98

analogous

#9998DD #BC98DD #DD98DC

triadic

#BC98DD #DDBC98 #98DDBC

tetradic

#BC98DD #DD9998 #B9DD98 #98DCDD

square

#BC98DD #DD9998 #B9DD98 #98DCDD

split-complementary

#BC98DD #DCDD98 #98DD99

monochromatic

#803EBC #9E6ACE #BC98DD #DAC6EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC98DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BC98DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC98DD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC98DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC98DD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc98dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e7',
    500: '#bc98dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc98dd;
$custom-light: #d1b6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc98dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73704,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC98DD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BE286F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC98DD

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

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