#BC9BCD#BC9BCD

#BC9BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.079 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BCD
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, 21.38, -21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 29.98, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0552 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.079 314)
XYZ	xyz(43.4781, 38.5424, 62.8948)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BCD #ACCD9B

analogous

#A39BCD #BC9BCD #CD9BC5

triadic

#BC9BCD #CDBC9B #9BCDBC

tetradic

#BC9BCD #CDA39B #ACCD9B #9BC5CD

square

#BC9BCD #CDA39B #ACCD9B #9BC5CD

split-complementary

#BC9BCD #C5CD9B #9BCDA3

monochromatic

#834F9E #A172B9 #BC9BCD #D7C4E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BC9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BCD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BCD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.079 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8dc',
    500: '#bc9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bcd;
$custom-light: #d0b8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.07939,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.38542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BCD

secondary

#E0E9DB

accent

#AC3960

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BCD

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

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