#BC9CD5#BC9CD5

#BC9CD5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.088 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CD5
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 213)
HSL	hsl(274, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 26.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 22.49, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 33.35, 312.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0561 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.088 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6356, 39.2728, 68.1669)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CD5 #B5D59C

analogous

#9F9CD5 #BC9CD5 #D59CD2

triadic

#BC9CD5 #D5BC9C #9CD5BC

tetradic

#BC9CD5 #D59F9C #B5D59C #9CD2D5

square

#BC9CD5 #D59F9C #B5D59C #9CD2D5

split-complementary

#BC9CD5 #D2D59C #9CD59F

monochromatic

#8149AD #9F71C3 #BC9CD5 #D9C7E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC9CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BC9CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CD5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CD5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.088 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e2',
    500: '#bc9cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cd5;
$custom-light: #d0b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.684,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CD5

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B3326B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CD5

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

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