#BC9ECD#BC9ECD

#BC9ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.074 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ECD
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 19.71, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 28.01, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0507 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.074 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9835, 39.5534, 63.0633)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ECD #AFCD9E

analogous

#A49ECD #BC9ECD #CD9EC6

triadic

#BC9ECD #CDBC9E #9ECDBC

tetradic

#BC9ECD #CDA49E #AFCD9E #9EC6CD

square

#BC9ECD #CDA49E #AFCD9E #9EC6CD

split-complementary

#BC9ECD #C6CD9E #9ECDA4

monochromatic

#83529F #A076B8 #BC9ECD #D8C6E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BC9ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ECD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ECD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.074 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badc',
    500: '#bc9ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ecd;
$custom-light: #d0badc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.298,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ECD

secondary

#E2EADD

accent

#AB3B63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ECD

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

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