#BC97C2#BC97C2

#BC97C2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.074 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97C2
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 194)
HSL	hsl(292, 26%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(292, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 21.40, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 27.30, 321.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0578 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.074 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5420, 36.7205, 55.9279)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97C2 #9DC297

analogous

#A697C2 #BC97C2 #C297B2

triadic

#BC97C2 #C2BC97 #97C2BC

tetradic

#BC97C2 #C2A697 #9DC297 #97B2C2

square

#BC97C2 #C2A697 #9DC297 #97B2C2

split-complementary

#BC97C2 #B2C297 #97C2A6

monochromatic

#84528C #A370AB #BC97C2 #D5BED9 #EEE4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BC97C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BC97C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97C2

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97C2	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9BA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.074 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b5d4',
    500: '#bc97c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97c2;
$custom-light: #d0b5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.628,
    "s": 26.061,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.07369,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97C2

secondary

#D6E1D4

accent

#A5414F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97C2

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

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