#BC9ADE#BC9ADE

#BC9ADE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ADE
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 222)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 25.52, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 39.25, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0615 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.102 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4770, 39.0768, 74.2399)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ADE #BCDE9A

analogous

#9A9ADE #BC9ADE #DE9ADE

triadic

#BC9ADE #DEBC9A #9ADEBC

tetradic

#BC9ADE #DE9A9A #BCDE9A #9ADEDE

square

#BC9ADE #DE9A9A #BCDE9A #9ADEDE

split-complementary

#BC9ADE #DEDE9A #9ADE9A

monochromatic

#7F3EBF #9D6CCF #BC9ADE #DBC8ED #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BC9ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ADE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ADE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA7E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e8',
    500: '#bc9ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ade;
$custom-light: #d1b8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74111,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ADE

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BE2773

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ADE

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

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