#BC97BE#BC97BE

#BC97BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.069 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97BE
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(297, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 20.63, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 25.46, 324.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0565 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.069 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0988, 36.5432, 53.5937)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97BE #99BE97

analogous

#A997BE #BC97BE #BE97AD

triadic

#BC97BE #BEBC97 #97BEBC

tetradic

#BC97BE #BEA997 #99BE97 #97ADBE

square

#BC97BE #BEA997 #99BE97 #97ADBE

split-complementary

#BC97BE #ADBE97 #97BEA9

monochromatic

#845487 #A471A6 #BC97BE #D4BDD6 #EDE2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BC97BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BC97BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97BE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97BE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.069 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d1',
    500: '#bc97be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97be;
$custom-light: #d0b5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.923,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72293,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97BE

secondary

#D3DFD2

accent

#A24449

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97BE

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

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