#BC9BD2#BC9BD2

#BC9BD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.086 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BD2
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 210)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 26.2%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 22.41, -23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 32.48, 313.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0567 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.086 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0913, 38.7877, 66.1243)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BD2 #B1D29B

analogous

#A19BD2 #BC9BD2 #D29BCD

triadic

#BC9BD2 #D2BC9B #9BD2BC

tetradic

#BC9BD2 #D2A19B #B1D29B #9BCDD2

square

#BC9BD2 #D2A19B #B1D29B #9BCDD2

split-complementary

#BC9BD2 #CDD29B #9BD2A1

monochromatic

#834BA7 #A071BF #BC9BD2 #D8C5E5 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BC9BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BD2

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BD2	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.086 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8e0',
    500: '#bc9bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bd2;
$custom-light: #d0b8e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.08555,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BD2

secondary

#E3EBDD

accent

#B13566

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BD2

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

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