#BC9CCF#BC9CCF

#BC9CCF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.080 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CCF
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 207)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 25%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 24.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, 21.24, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 30.32, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0543 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.08 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8881, 38.9738, 64.2300)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CCF #AFCF9C

analogous

#A29CCF #BC9CCF #CF9CC8

triadic

#BC9CCF #CFBC9C #9CCFBC

tetradic

#BC9CCF #CFA29C #AFCF9C #9CC8CF

square

#BC9CCF #CFA29C #AFCF9C #9CC8CF

split-complementary

#BC9CCF #C8CF9C #9CCFA2

monochromatic

#834FA2 #A073BB #BC9CCF #D8C5E3 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9CCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BC9CCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CCF

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CCF	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ccf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.080 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9dd',
    500: '#bc9ccf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ccf;
$custom-light: #d0b9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ccf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.647,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7387,
    "c": 0.08007,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CCF

secondary

#E2EADD

accent

#AE3864

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CCF

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

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