#BC9FDD#BC9FDD

#BC9FDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.093 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FDD
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 28.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 22.53, -27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 35.53, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.054 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.093 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1858, 40.7083, 73.8169)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FDD #C0DD9F

analogous

#9FA1DD #BC9FDD #DB9FDD

triadic

#BC9FDD #DDBC9F #9FDDBC

tetradic

#BC9FDD #DD9FA1 #C0DD9F #9FDDDB

square

#BC9FDD #DD9FA1 #C0DD9F #9FDDDB

split-complementary

#BC9FDD #DDDB9F #A1DD9F

monochromatic

#7D45BD #9C72CD #BC9FDD #DCCCED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BC9FDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BC9FDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FDD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FDD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99ABDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.093 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbe7',
    500: '#bc9fdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fdd;
$custom-light: #d0bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.065,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FDD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2B77

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FDD

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

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