#BC9CDA#BC9CDA

#BC9CDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.094 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CDA
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(271, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 28.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 23.55, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 35.91, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0575 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.094 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2801, 39.5306, 71.5608)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CDA #BADA9C

analogous

#9D9CDA #BC9CDA #DA9CD9

triadic

#BC9CDA #DABC9C #9CDABC

tetradic

#BC9CDA #DA9D9C #BADA9C #9CD9DA

square

#BC9CDA #DA9D9C #BADA9C #9CD9DA

split-complementary

#BC9CDA #D9DA9C #9CDA9D

monochromatic

#8044B7 #9E6FC9 #BC9CDA #DAC9EB #F0E9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BC9CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CDA

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CDA	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.094 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9e5',
    500: '#bc9cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cda;
$custom-light: #d0b9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 45.588,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74311,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CDA

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#B92D70

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141115

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CDA

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

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