#BC9ADA#BC9ADA

#BC9ADA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ADA
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 218)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 29.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 24.66, -27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 37.19, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0604 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.097 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9472, 38.8649, 71.4499)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ADA #B8DA9A

analogous

#9C9ADA #BC9ADA #DA9AD8

triadic

#BC9ADA #DABC9A #9ADABC

tetradic

#BC9ADA #DA9C9A #B8DA9A #9AD8DA

square

#BC9ADA #DA9C9A #B8DA9A #9AD8DA

split-complementary

#BC9ADA #D8DA9A #9ADA9C

monochromatic

#8043B7 #9E6DCA #BC9ADA #DAC7EA #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9ADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BC9ADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ADA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ADA	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e5',
    500: '#bc9ada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ada;
$custom-light: #d1b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 46.377,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73943,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ADA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2C6E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ADA

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

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