#BC9DCC#BC9DCC

#BC9DCC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.075 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DCC
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 23%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 20.07, -19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 28.17, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0519 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.075 314)
XYZ	xyz(43.6933, 39.1655, 62.3730)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DCC #ADCC9D

analogous

#A49DCC #BC9DCC #CC9DC4

triadic

#BC9DCC #CCBC9D #9DCCBC

tetradic

#BC9DCC #CCA49D #ADCC9D #9DC4CC

square

#BC9DCC #CCA49D #ADCC9D #9DC4CC

split-complementary

#BC9DCC #C4CC9D #9DCCA4

monochromatic

#83529D #A075B7 #BC9DCC #D8C5E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BC9DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DCC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DCC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.075 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badb',
    500: '#bc9dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dcc;
$custom-light: #d0badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.574,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73942,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.39165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DCC

secondary

#E0E9DC

accent

#AA3B61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DCC

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

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