#BC96CD#BC96CD

#BC96CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.088 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96CD
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 24.16, -22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 33.26, 316.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0627 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.088 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6631, 36.9125, 62.6231)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96CD #A7CD96

analogous

#A196CD #BC96CD #CD96C2

triadic

#BC96CD #CDBC96 #96CDBC

tetradic

#BC96CD #CDA196 #A7CD96 #96C2CD

square

#BC96CD #CDA196 #A7CD96 #96C2CD

split-complementary

#BC96CD #C2CD96 #96CDA1

monochromatic

#844B9E #A26DB9 #BC96CD #D6BFE1 #F1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BC96CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BC96CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96CD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96CD	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.088 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5dc',
    500: '#bc96cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96cd;
$custom-light: #d0b5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96CD

secondary

#DCE7D8

accent

#AE375C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96CD

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

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