#BC9CD2#BC9CD2

#BC9CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.084 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CD2
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 210)
HSL	hsl(276, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 25.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 21.86, -23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 31.83, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0552 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.084 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2584, 39.1219, 66.1800)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CD2 #B2D29C

analogous

#A19CD2 #BC9CD2 #D29CCD

triadic

#BC9CD2 #D2BC9C #9CD2BC

tetradic

#BC9CD2 #D2A19C #B2D29C #9CCDD2

square

#BC9CD2 #D2A19C #B2D29C #9CCDD2

split-complementary

#BC9CD2 #CDD29C #9CD2A1

monochromatic

#824CA7 #A072BF #BC9CD2 #D8C6E5 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BC9CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CD2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CD2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A6D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.084 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e0',
    500: '#bc9cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cd2;
$custom-light: #d0b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CD2

secondary

#E4ECDE

accent

#B03567

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CD2

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

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