#BC9BDF#BC9BDF

#BC9BDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.102 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BDF
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 223)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 30.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 25.18, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 39.12, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% 0.0603 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.102 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7771, 39.4620, 75.0031)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BDF #BEDF9B

analogous

#9B9CDF #BC9BDF #DE9BDF

triadic

#BC9BDF #DFBC9B #9BDFBC

tetradic

#BC9BDF #DF9B9C #BEDF9B #9BDFDE

square

#BC9BDF #DF9B9C #BEDF9B #9BDFDE

split-complementary

#BC9BDF #DFDE9B #9CDF9B

monochromatic

#7E3EC1 #9D6DD0 #BC9BDF #DBC9EE #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BC9BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BDF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BDF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.102 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b8e9',
    500: '#bc9bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bdf;
$custom-light: #d1b8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.118,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BDF

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BF2775

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BDF

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

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