#BC96BD#BC96BD

#BC96BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.070 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96BD
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 23%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(298, 21%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 20.99, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 25.67, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0577 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.07 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8296, 36.1791, 52.9667)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96BD #97BD96

analogous

#A996BD #BC96BD #BD96AB

triadic

#BC96BD #BDBC96 #96BDBC

tetradic

#BC96BD #BDA996 #97BD96 #96ABBD

square

#BC96BD #BDA996 #97BD96 #96ABBD

split-complementary

#BC96BD #ABBD96 #96BDA9

monochromatic

#845485 #A470A5 #BC96BD #D4BCD5 #ECE1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC96BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BC96BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96BD

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96BD	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE99A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.070 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d1',
    500: '#bc96bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96bd;
$custom-light: #d0b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.462,
    "s": 22.807,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.07005,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96BD

secondary

#D1DED1

accent

#A14447

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96BD

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

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