#BC79B2#BC79B2

#BC79B2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.112 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC79B2
RGB	rgb(188, 121, 178)
HSL	hsl(309, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(309, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 34.99, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 40.01, 330.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0993 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.112 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6119, 27.5821, 45.5589)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC79B2 #79BC83

analogous

#A479BC #BC79B2 #BC7990

triadic

#BC79B2 #B2BC79 #79B2BC

tetradic

#BC79B2 #BCA479 #79BC83 #7990BC

square

#BC79B2 #BCA479 #79BC83 #7990BC

split-complementary

#BC79B2 #90BC79 #79BCA4

monochromatic

#7C3E73 #A55399 #BC79B2 #D0A2C9 #E5CBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BC79B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BC79B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC79B2

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC79B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC79B2	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7889B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C27D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc79b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 121, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.112 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a1c9',
    500: '#bc79b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc79b2;
$custom-light: #d1a1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc79b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.955,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66487,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC79B2

secondary

#BCD5BF

accent

#AC4B39

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F3F8

border

#D2CDD1

text

#140F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC79B2

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

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