#BC9DDE#BC9DDE

#BC9DDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.097 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DDE
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 222)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 23.85, -28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 37.32, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0571 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.097 306)
XYZ	xyz(45.9783, 40.0795, 74.4070)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DDE #BFDE9D

analogous

#9D9FDE #BC9DDE #DC9DDE

triadic

#BC9DDE #DEBC9D #9DDEBC

tetradic

#BC9DDE #DE9D9F #BFDE9D #9DDEDC

square

#BC9DDE #DE9D9F #BFDE9D #9DDEDC

split-complementary

#BC9DDE #DEDC9D #9FDE9D

monochromatic

#7D41BF #9D6FCF #BC9DDE #DBCBED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BC9DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BC9DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DDE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DDE	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.097 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bae8',
    500: '#bc9dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dde;
$custom-light: #d1bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.615,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74662,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.40079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DDE

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD2976

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DDE

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

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