#BC9CDC#BC9CDC

#BC9CDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.096 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CDC
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 220)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 23.98, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 36.93, 310.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0581 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.096 307)
XYZ	xyz(45.5433, 39.6359, 72.9475)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CDC #BCDC9C

analogous

#9C9CDC #BC9CDC #DC9CDC

triadic

#BC9CDC #DCBC9C #9CDCBC

tetradic

#BC9CDC #DC9C9C #BCDC9C #9CDCDC

square

#BC9CDC #DC9C9C #BCDC9C #9CDCDC

split-complementary

#BC9CDC #DCDC9C #9CDC9C

monochromatic

#7F42BB #9D6FCC #BC9CDC #DBC9EC #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BC9CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CDC

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CDC	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.096 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9e7',
    500: '#bc9cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cdc;
$custom-light: #d1b9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 47.761,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74394,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.39636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CDC

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2A73

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CDC

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

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