#BC9CD6#BC9CD6

#BC9CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.089 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CD6
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(273, 41%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 22.70, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 33.86, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0564 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.089 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7629, 39.3237, 68.8374)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CD6 #B6D69C

analogous

#9F9CD6 #BC9CD6 #D69CD3

triadic

#BC9CD6 #D6BC9C #9CD6BC

tetradic

#BC9CD6 #D69F9C #B6D69C #9CD3D6

square

#BC9CD6 #D69F9C #B6D69C #9CD3D6

split-complementary

#BC9CD6 #D3D69C #9CD69F

monochromatic

#8149AF #9F71C4 #BC9CD6 #D9C7E8 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#BC9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CD6

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CD6	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.089 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e2',
    500: '#bc9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cd6;
$custom-light: #d0b9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 41.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74148,
    "c": 0.08881,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CD6

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B4316C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CD6

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

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