#BC96CC#BC96CC

#BC96CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.087 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96CC
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 35%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(282, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 23.96, -22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 32.77, 316.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0624 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.087 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5428, 36.8644, 61.9894)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96CC #A6CC96

analogous

#A196CC #BC96CC #CC96C1

triadic

#BC96CC #CCBC96 #96CCBC

tetradic

#BC96CC #CCA196 #A6CC96 #96C1CC

square

#BC96CC #CCA196 #A6CC96 #96C1CC

split-complementary

#BC96CC #C1CC96 #96CCA1

monochromatic

#844C9C #A26DB8 #BC96CC #D6BFE0 #F1E8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BC96CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#BC96CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96CC

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96CC	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.087 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5db',
    500: '#bc96cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96cc;
$custom-light: #d0b5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96CC

secondary

#DCE7D7

accent

#AD385B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96CC

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

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