#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
RGBrgb(188, 157, 216)
HSLhsl(272, 43%, 73%)
HSVhsv(272, 27%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(13%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.30, 22.57, -25.75)
CIE-LCHlch(69.30, 34.24, 311.23°)
OKLaboklab(74.41% 0.0555 -0.0704)
OKLCHoklch(74.41% 0.09 308.2)
XYZxyz(45.1884, 39.7635, 70.2470)
Luminance0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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
##BC9DD81.002.358.958.95
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9521.001.001.00
##0000008.9521.001.001.00

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

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#BC9DD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva