#BC9FCB#BC9FCB

#BC9FCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.070 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FCB
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 18.75, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 26.36, 315.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0486 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.07 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9149, 39.8000, 61.8570)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FCB #AECB9F

analogous

#A69FCB #BC9FCB #CB9FC4

triadic

#BC9FCB #CBBC9F #9FCBBC

tetradic

#BC9FCB #CBA69F #AECB9F #9FC4CB

square

#BC9FCB #CBA69F #AECB9F #9FC4CB

split-complementary

#BC9FCB #C4CB9F #9FCBA6

monochromatic

#83549B #A077B5 #BC9FCB #D8C7E1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BC9FCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BC9FCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FCB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FCB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.070 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbdb',
    500: '#bc9fcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fcb;
$custom-light: #d0bbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.545,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.06982,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FCB

secondary

#E1E9DD

accent

#A83D62

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FCB

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

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