#BC9FD6#BC9FD6

#BC9FD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.084 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FD6
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 214)
HSL	hsl(272, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 25.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 21.03, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 31.92, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0519 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.084 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.2726, 40.3430, 69.0073)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FD6 #B9D69F

analogous

#A09FD6 #BC9FD6 #D69FD4

triadic

#BC9FD6 #D6BC9F #9FD6BC

tetradic

#BC9FD6 #D6A09F #B9D69F #9FD4D6

square

#BC9FD6 #D6A09F #B9D69F #9FD4D6

split-complementary

#BC9FD6 #D4D69F #9FD6A0

monochromatic

#804BB0 #9E74C4 #BC9FD6 #DACAE8 #F0EAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BC9FD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BC9FD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FD6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FD6	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BABD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.084 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe2',
    500: '#bc9fd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fd6;
$custom-light: #d0bbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 40.146,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74707,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FD6

secondary

#E5EDDE

accent

#B3326F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FD6

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

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