#BC9CD0#BC9CD0

#BC9CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.081 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CD0
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 208)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 25%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 21.44, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 30.82, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% 0.0546 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.081 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0108, 39.0229, 64.8759)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CD0 #B0D09C

analogous

#A29CD0 #BC9CD0 #D09CCA

triadic

#BC9CD0 #D0BC9C #9CD0BC

tetradic

#BC9CD0 #D0A29C #B0D09C #9CCAD0

square

#BC9CD0 #D0A29C #B0D09C #9CCAD0

split-complementary

#BC9CD0 #CAD09C #9CD0A2

monochromatic

#834EA4 #A073BC #BC9CD0 #D8C6E4 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#BC9CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CD0

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CD0	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.081 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9de',
    500: '#bc9cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cd0;
$custom-light: #d0b9de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 35.616,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.08131,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CD0

secondary

#E2EBDD

accent

#AE3765

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CD0

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

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