#BC9CCD#BC9CCD

#BC9CCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.078 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CCD
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 20.83, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 29.32, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0537 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.078 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6452, 38.8766, 62.9505)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CCD #ADCD9C

analogous

#A39CCD #BC9CCD #CD9CC5

triadic

#BC9CCD #CDBC9C #9CCDBC

tetradic

#BC9CCD #CDA39C #ADCD9C #9CC5CD

square

#BC9CCD #CDA39C #ADCD9C #9CC5CD

split-complementary

#BC9CCD #C5CD9C #9CCDA3

monochromatic

#83509F #A073B8 #BC9CCD #D8C5E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BC9CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CCD

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CCD	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.078 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9dc',
    500: '#bc9ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ccd;
$custom-light: #d0b9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.07761,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CCD

secondary

#E0E9DC

accent

#AC3A61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CCD

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

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