#BC9FCD#BC9FCD

#BC9FCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.072 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FCD
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(278, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 19.16, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 27.36, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0492 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.072 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1548, 39.8959, 63.1204)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FCD #B0CD9F

analogous

#A59FCD #BC9FCD #CD9FC7

triadic

#BC9FCD #CDBC9F #9FCDBC

tetradic

#BC9FCD #CDA59F #B0CD9F #9FC7CD

square

#BC9FCD #CDA59F #B0CD9F #9FC7CD

split-complementary

#BC9FCD #C7CD9F #9FCDA5

monochromatic

#83539F #A077B8 #BC9FCD #D8C7E2 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BC9FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BC9FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FCD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FCD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.072 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbdc',
    500: '#bc9fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fcd;
$custom-light: #d0bbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 31.507,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74358,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FCD

secondary

#E2EADE

accent

#AA3B64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FCD

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

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