#BC9DED#BC9DED

#BC9DED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DED
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 237)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 27.18, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 45.12, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.061 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.117 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0788, 40.9197, 85.4697)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DED #CEED9D

analogous

#9DA6ED #BC9DED #E49DED

triadic

#BC9DED #EDBC9D #9DEDBC

tetradic

#BC9DED #ED9DA6 #CEED9D #9DEDE4

square

#BC9DED #ED9DA6 #CEED9D #9DEDE4

split-complementary

#BC9DED #EDE49D #A6ED9D

monochromatic

#7536DA #9969E4 #BC9DED #DFD1F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BC9DED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BC9DED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DED

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DED	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BABF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ded;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1baf3',
    500: '#bc9ded',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ded;
$custom-light: #d1baf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ded",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.25,
    "s": 68.966,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75311,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DED

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D11588

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141117

muted

#828085

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DED

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

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