#BC9BDA#BC9BDA

#BC9BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.096 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BDA
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 24.10, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 36.55, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.059 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.096 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1129, 39.1964, 71.5051)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BDA #B9DA9B

analogous

#9C9BDA #BC9BDA #DA9BD8

triadic

#BC9BDA #DABC9B #9BDABC

tetradic

#BC9BDA #DA9C9B #B9DA9B #9BD8DA

square

#BC9BDA #DA9C9B #B9DA9B #9BD8DA

split-complementary

#BC9BDA #D8DA9B #9BDA9C

monochromatic

#8044B7 #9E6EC9 #BC9BDA #DAC8EB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BC9BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BDA

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BDA	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.096 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e5',
    500: '#bc9bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bda;
$custom-light: #d1b8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 45.985,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74127,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BDA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#B92C6F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BDA

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

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