#BC9DCD#BC9DCD

#BC9DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.076 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DCD
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 20.27, -20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 28.67, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0522 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.076 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8137, 39.2136, 63.0066)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DCD #AECD9D

analogous

#A49DCD #BC9DCD #CD9DC6

triadic

#BC9DCD #CDBC9D #9DCDBC

tetradic

#BC9DCD #CDA49D #AECD9D #9DC6CD

square

#BC9DCD #CDA49D #AECD9D #9DC6CD

split-complementary

#BC9DCD #C6CD9D #9DCDA4

monochromatic

#83519F #A074B8 #BC9DCD #D8C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BC9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DCD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DCD	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.076 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badc',
    500: '#bc9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dcd;
$custom-light: #d0badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 32.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7398,
    "c": 0.07584,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DCD

secondary

#E1E9DD

accent

#AB3A62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DCD

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

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