#BC9DD8#BC9DD8

#BC9DD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.090 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DD8
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 216)
HSL	hsl(272, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 22.57, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 34.24, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0555 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.09 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1884, 39.7635, 70.2470)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DD8 #B9D89D

analogous

#9E9DD8 #BC9DD8 #D89DD7

triadic

#BC9DD8 #D8BC9D #9DD8BC

tetradic

#BC9DD8 #D89E9D #B9D89D #9DD7D8

square

#BC9DD8 #D89E9D #B9D89D #9DD7D8

split-complementary

#BC9DD8 #D7D89D #9DD89E

monochromatic

#8047B3 #9E71C7 #BC9DD8 #DAC9E9 #F0E9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BC9DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DD8

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DD8	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A8DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.090 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bae4',
    500: '#bc9dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dd8;
$custom-light: #d0bae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.525,
    "s": 43.066,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74415,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DD8

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B62F6F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DD8

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

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