#BC9DDD#BC9DDD

#BC9DDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.096 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DDD
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 29%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 23.64, -28.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 36.81, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0569 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.096 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8447, 40.0260, 73.7032)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DDD #BEDD9D

analogous

#9D9EDD #BC9DDD #DC9DDD

triadic

#BC9DDD #DDBC9D #9DDDBC

tetradic

#BC9DDD #DD9D9E #BEDD9D #9DDDDC

square

#BC9DDD #DD9D9E #BEDD9D #9DDDDC

split-complementary

#BC9DDD #DDDC9D #9EDD9D

monochromatic

#7E42BD #9D70CD #BC9DDD #DBCAED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BC9DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BC9DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DDD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DDD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.096 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bae7',
    500: '#bc9ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ddd;
$custom-light: #d1bae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.063,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.09602,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BC2A75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DDD

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

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