#BC9CD4#BC9CD4

#BC9CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.086 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9CD4
RGBrgb(188, 156, 212)
HSLhsl(274, 39%, 72%)
HSVhsv(274, 26%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(11.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.91, 22.28, -24.13)
CIE-LCHlch(68.91, 32.84, 312.71°)
OKLaboklab(74.07% 0.0558 -0.0658)
OKLCHoklch(74.07% 0.086 310.3)
XYZxyz(44.5091, 39.2222, 67.5005)
Luminance0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9CD4 #B4D49C
analogous
#A09CD4 #BC9CD4 #D49CD0
triadic
#BC9CD4 #D4BC9C #9CD4BC
tetradic
#BC9CD4 #D4A09C #B4D49C #9CD0D4
square
#BC9CD4 #D4A09C #B4D49C #9CD0D4
split-complementary
#BC9CD4 #D0D49C #9CD4A0
monochromatic
#824AAB #9F71C1 #BC9CD4 #D9C7E7 #F1EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#BC9CD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#BC9CD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CD4
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9CD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC9CD41.002.378.848.84
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A7D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#99A9D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BAA3B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.086 310.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e1',
    500: '#bc9cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9cd4;
$custom-light: #d0b9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 39.437,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9CD4
secondary
#E4EDDE
accent
#B2336A
background
#FCFBFD
surface
#F9F6FB
border
#D2D0D4
text
#141115
muted
#828083

Preview Lab

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#BC9CD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva