#BC9DD4#BC9DD4

#BC9DD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.085 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DD4
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 212)
HSL	hsl(274, 39%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 21.72, -23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 32.19, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0543 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.085 310)
XYZ	xyz(44.6776, 39.5592, 67.5566)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DD4 #B5D49D

analogous

#A19DD4 #BC9DD4 #D49DD1

triadic

#BC9DD4 #D4BC9D #9DD4BC

tetradic

#BC9DD4 #D4A19D #B5D49D #9DD1D4

square

#BC9DD4 #D4A19D #B5D49D #9DD1D4

split-complementary

#BC9DD4 #D1D49D #9DD4A1

monochromatic

#814BAB #9F72C1 #BC9DD4 #D9C8E7 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BC9DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DD4

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DD4	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)

#94A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.085 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae1',
    500: '#bc9dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dd4;
$custom-light: #d0bae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.818,
    "s": 39.007,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74254,
    "c": 0.08455,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.39559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DD4

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#B2346B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DD4

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

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