#BC91CB#BC91CB

#BC91CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.095 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC91CB
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 203)
HSL	hsl(284, 36%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 26.54, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 35.56, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0696 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.095 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6424, 35.2548, 61.0995)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC91CB #A0CB91

analogous

#9F91CB #BC91CB #CB91BD

triadic

#BC91CB #CBBC91 #91CBBC

tetradic

#BC91CB #CB9F91 #A0CB91 #91BDCB

square

#BC91CB #CB9F91 #A0CB91 #91BDCB

split-complementary

#BC91CB #BDCB91 #91CB9F

monochromatic

#844899 #A367B7 #BC91CB #D5BBDF #EFE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC91CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC91CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC91CB

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC91CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC91CB	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC98A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc91cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.095 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b1db',
    500: '#bc91cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc91cb;
$custom-light: #d0b1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc91cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.483,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71687,
    "c": 0.09489,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC91CB

secondary

#D8E5D3

accent

#AF3756

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F5FB

border

#D2CFD4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC91CB

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

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