#BC9FD2#BC9FD2

#BC9FD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.079 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FD2
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 210)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(274, 24%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 20.19, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 29.88, 312.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0507 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.079 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7680, 40.1412, 66.3499)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FD2 #B5D29F

analogous

#A39FD2 #BC9FD2 #D29FCE

triadic

#BC9FD2 #D2BC9F #9FD2BC

tetradic

#BC9FD2 #D2A39F #B5D29F #9FCED2

square

#BC9FD2 #D2A39F #B5D29F #9FCED2

split-complementary

#BC9FD2 #CED29F #9FD2A3

monochromatic

#814FA8 #9F75BE #BC9FD2 #D9C9E6 #F0EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BC9FD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BC9FD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FD2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FD2	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAAD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.079 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe0',
    500: '#bc9fd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fd2;
$custom-light: #d0bbe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FD2

secondary

#E5ECDF

accent

#AF366A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FD2

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

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