#BC9ADD#BC9ADD

#BC9ADD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ADD
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 25.31, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 38.73, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0612 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.101 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3433, 39.0233, 73.5361)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ADD #BBDD9A

analogous

#9A9ADD #BC9ADD #DD9ADC

triadic

#BC9ADD #DDBC9A #9ADDBC

tetradic

#BC9ADD #DD9A9A #BBDD9A #9ADCDD

square

#BC9ADD #DD9A9A #BBDD9A #9ADCDD

split-complementary

#BC9ADD #DCDD9A #9ADD9A

monochromatic

#7F40BD #9E6CCE #BC9ADD #DAC8EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BC9ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ADD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ADD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e7',
    500: '#bc9add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9add;
$custom-light: #d1b8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.448,
    "s": 49.63,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74069,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ADD

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BD2972

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ADD

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

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