#BC9BDB#BC9BDB

#BC9BDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.097 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BDB
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 219)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 29.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 24.32, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 37.06, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0592 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.097 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2442, 39.2489, 72.1964)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BDB #BADB9B

analogous

#9C9BDB #BC9BDB #DB9BDA

triadic

#BC9BDB #DBBC9B #9BDBBC

tetradic

#BC9BDB #DB9C9B #BADB9B #9BDADB

square

#BC9BDB #DB9C9B #BADB9B #9BDADB

split-complementary

#BC9BDB #DADB9B #9BDB9C

monochromatic

#8043B9 #9E6ECB #BC9BDB #DAC8EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC9BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BC9BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BDB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BDB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.097 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e6',
    500: '#bc9bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bdb;
$custom-light: #d1b8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.938,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74168,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BDB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BA2B71

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BDB

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

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