#BC9CD3#BC9CD3

#BC9CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.085 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CD3
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 211)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 26.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 22.07, -23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 32.34, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% 0.0555 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.085 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3833, 39.1719, 66.8382)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CD3 #B3D39C

analogous

#A19CD3 #BC9CD3 #D39CCF

triadic

#BC9CD3 #D3BC9C #9CD3BC

tetradic

#BC9CD3 #D3A19C #B3D39C #9CCFD3

square

#BC9CD3 #D3A19C #B3D39C #9CCFD3

split-complementary

#BC9CD3 #CFD39C #9CD3A1

monochromatic

#824BA9 #9F72C0 #BC9CD3 #D9C6E6 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BC9CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CD3

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CD3	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.085 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e0',
    500: '#bc9cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cd3;
$custom-light: #d0b9e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.909,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CD3

secondary

#E4ECDF

accent

#B13468

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CD3

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

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