#BC9CDF#BC9CDF

#BC9CDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.100 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CDF
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 223)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 30%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 24.63, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 38.48, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0589 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.1 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9442, 39.7962, 75.0588)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CDF #BFDF9C

analogous

#9C9EDF #BC9CDF #DE9CDF

triadic

#BC9CDF #DFBC9C #9CDFBC

tetradic

#BC9CDF #DF9C9E #BFDF9C #9CDFDE

square

#BC9CDF #DF9C9E #BFDF9C #9CDFDE

split-complementary

#BC9CDF #DFDE9C #9EDF9C

monochromatic

#7D40C1 #9D6ED0 #BC9CDF #DBCAEE #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BC9CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BC9CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CDF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CDF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.100 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b9e9',
    500: '#bc9cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cdf;
$custom-light: #d1b9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 51.145,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CDF

secondary

#E6EFDC

accent

#BF2776

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CDF

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

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