#BC9ECF#BC9ECF

#BC9ECF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.077 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ECF
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 207)
HSL	hsl(277, 34%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 23.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 20.12, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 29.02, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0513 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.077 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2265, 39.6506, 64.3428)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ECF #B1CF9E

analogous

#A49ECF #BC9ECF #CF9ECA

triadic

#BC9ECF #CFBC9E #9ECFBC

tetradic

#BC9ECF #CFA49E #B1CF9E #9ECACF

square

#BC9ECF #CFA49E #B1CF9E #9ECACF

split-complementary

#BC9ECF #CACF9E #9ECFA4

monochromatic

#8350A2 #A075BB #BC9ECF #D8C7E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BC9ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ECF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ECF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.077 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badd',
    500: '#bc9ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ecf;
$custom-light: #d0badd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.735,
    "s": 33.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.07654,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ECF

secondary

#E3EBDE

accent

#AD3966

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ECF

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

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