#BC9CD8#BC9CD8

#BC9CD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.091 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CD8
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(272, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 23.12, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 34.88, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0569 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.091 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0199, 39.4265, 70.1908)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CD8 #B8D89C

analogous

#9E9CD8 #BC9CD8 #D89CD6

triadic

#BC9CD8 #D8BC9C #9CD8BC

tetradic

#BC9CD8 #D89E9C #B8D89C #9CD6D8

square

#BC9CD8 #D89E9C #B8D89C #9CD6D8

split-complementary

#BC9CD8 #D6D89C #9CD89E

monochromatic

#8047B3 #9E70C7 #BC9CD8 #DAC8E9 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BC9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CD8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CD8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.091 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e4',
    500: '#bc9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cd8;
$custom-light: #d0b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74229,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CD8

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B72F6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CD8

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

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