#BC97BD#BC97BD

#BC97BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.068 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97BD
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(298, 20%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 20.43, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 25.01, 324.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0562 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.068 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9899, 36.4996, 53.0201)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97BD #98BD97

analogous

#A997BD #BC97BD #BD97AB

triadic

#BC97BD #BDBC97 #97BDBC

tetradic

#BC97BD #BDA997 #98BD97 #97ABBD

square

#BC97BD #BDA997 #98BD97 #97ABBD

split-complementary

#BC97BD #ABBD97 #97BDA9

monochromatic

#845485 #A472A5 #BC97BD #D4BCD5 #ECE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BC97BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#BC97BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97BD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97BD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.068 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d1',
    500: '#bc97bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97bd;
$custom-light: #d0b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.421,
    "s": 22.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72257,
    "c": 0.06821,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97BD

secondary

#D2DED2

accent

#A14547

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97BD

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

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