#BC9FDB#BC9FDB

#BC9FDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.090 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FDB
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 219)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 27%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 27.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 22.09, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 34.49, 309.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0534 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.09 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9209, 40.6024, 72.4220)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FDB #BEDB9F

analogous

#9FA0DB #BC9FDB #DA9FDB

triadic

#BC9FDB #DBBC9F #9FDBBC

tetradic

#BC9FDB #DB9FA0 #BEDB9F #9FDBDA

square

#BC9FDB #DB9FA0 #BEDB9F #9FDBDA

split-complementary

#BC9FDB #DBDA9F #A0DB9F

monochromatic

#7E46BA #9D72CA #BC9FDB #DBCCEC #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9FDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BC9FDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FDB

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FDB	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AABD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.090 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe6',
    500: '#bc9fdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fdb;
$custom-light: #d0bbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FDB

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#B92D75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FDB

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

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