#BC96BC#BC96BC

#BC96BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.069 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96BC
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 22%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(300, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 20.80, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 25.22, 325.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0574 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.069 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7214, 36.1359, 52.3970)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96BC #96BC96

analogous

#A996BC #BC96BC #BC96A9

triadic

#BC96BC #BCBC96 #96BCBC

tetradic

#BC96BC #BCA996 #96BC96 #96A9BC

square

#BC96BC #BCA996 #96BC96 #96A9BC

split-complementary

#BC96BC #A9BC96 #96BCA9

monochromatic

#845484 #A471A4 #BC96BC #D4BBD4 #ECE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC96BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BC96BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96BC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96BC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF99A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.069 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d0',
    500: '#bc96bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96bc;
$custom-light: #d0b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 22.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72033,
    "c": 0.06899,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96BC

secondary

#D1DDD1

accent

#A14545

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96BC

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

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