#BC9FDF#BC9FDF

#BC9FDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.095 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FDF
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 223)
HSL	hsl(267, 50%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 28.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 22.96, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 36.56, 308.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.0545 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.095 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4539, 40.8155, 75.2286)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FDF #C2DF9F

analogous

#9FA2DF #BC9FDF #DC9FDF

triadic

#BC9FDF #DFBC9F #9FDFBC

tetradic

#BC9FDF #DF9FA2 #C2DF9F #9FDFDC

square

#BC9FDF #DF9FA2 #C2DF9F #9FDFDC

split-complementary

#BC9FDF #DFDC9F #A2DF9F

monochromatic

#7C43C0 #9C71D0 #BC9FDF #DCCDEE #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BC9FDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BC9FDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FDF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FDF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93AAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98ABDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.095 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bbe9',
    500: '#bc9fdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fdf;
$custom-light: #d1bbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.188,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.09522,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FDF

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BD287A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FDF

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

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