#BC9BCF#BC9BCF

#BC9BCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.082 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BCF
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 207)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 21.79, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 30.98, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0558 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.082 313)
XYZ	xyz(43.7210, 38.6396, 64.1743)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BCF #AECF9B

analogous

#A29BCF #BC9BCF #CF9BC8

triadic

#BC9BCF #CFBC9B #9BCFBC

tetradic

#BC9BCF #CFA29B #AECF9B #9BC8CF

square

#BC9BCF #CFA29B #AECF9B #9BC8CF

split-complementary

#BC9BCF #C8CF9B #9BCFA2

monochromatic

#834EA2 #A072BB #BC9BCF #D8C4E3 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC9BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BC9BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BCF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BCF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.082 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8dd',
    500: '#bc9bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bcf;
$custom-light: #d0b8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BCF

secondary

#E1EADC

accent

#AE3863

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BCF

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

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