#BC9ACE#BC9ACE

#BC9ACE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.082 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ACE
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 25.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 22.14, -21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 31.13, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.057 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.082 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4334, 38.2594, 63.4773)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ACE #ACCE9A

analogous

#A29ACE #BC9ACE #CE9AC6

triadic

#BC9ACE #CEBC9A #9ACEBC

tetradic

#BC9ACE #CEA29A #ACCE9A #9AC6CE

square

#BC9ACE #CEA29A #ACCE9A #9AC6CE

split-complementary

#BC9ACE #C6CE9A #9ACEA2

monochromatic

#834EA0 #A171BA #BC9ACE #D7C3E2 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BC9ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ACE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ACE	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)

#93A4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.082 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8dd',
    500: '#bc9ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ace;
$custom-light: #d0b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 34.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73458,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ACE

secondary

#E0E9DB

accent

#AE3861

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ACE

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

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