#BC96CE#BC96CE

#BC96CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.089 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC96CE
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 27.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 24.37, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 33.75, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.063 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.09 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7842, 36.9610, 63.2609)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC96CE #A8CE96

analogous

#A096CE #BC96CE #CE96C4

triadic

#BC96CE #CEBC96 #96CEBC

tetradic

#BC96CE #CEA096 #A8CE96 #96C4CE

square

#BC96CE #CEA096 #A8CE96 #96C4CE

split-complementary

#BC96CE #C4CE96 #96CEA0

monochromatic

#844A9F #A16CBB #BC96CE #D7C0E1 #F1E9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BC96CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BC96CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC96CE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC96CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC96CE	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc96ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.089 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5dd',
    500: '#bc96ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc96ce;
$custom-light: #d0b5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc96ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72719,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC96CE

secondary

#DDE8D8

accent

#AF365D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC96CE

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

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