#BC97C8#BC97C8

#BC97C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.081 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97C8
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 31%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 25%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 22.59, -19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 30.16, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0597 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.081 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2295, 36.9955, 59.5486)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97C8 #A3C897

analogous

#A497C8 #BC97C8 #C897BC

triadic

#BC97C8 #C8BC97 #97C8BC

tetradic

#BC97C8 #C8A497 #A3C897 #97BCC8

square

#BC97C8 #C8A497 #A3C897 #97BCC8

split-complementary

#BC97C8 #BCC897 #97C8A4

monochromatic

#844F96 #A26FB3 #BC97C8 #D6BFDD #F0E7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BC97C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BC97C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97C8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97C8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9CA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.081 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6d8',
    500: '#bc97c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97c8;
$custom-light: #d0b6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.306,
    "s": 30.818,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97C8

secondary

#DAE5D6

accent

#AA3C57

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97C8

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

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