#BC97CB#BC97CB

#BC97CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.084 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97CB
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 203)
HSL	hsl(283, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(283, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 23.20, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 31.62, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0606 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.084 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5835, 37.1371, 61.4132)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97CB #A6CB97

analogous

#A297CB #BC97CB #CB97C0

triadic

#BC97CB #CBBC97 #97CBBC

tetradic

#BC97CB #CBA297 #A6CB97 #97C0CB

square

#BC97CB #CBA297 #A6CB97 #97C0CB

split-complementary

#BC97CB #C0CB97 #97CBA2

monochromatic

#844D9A #A26EB7 #BC97CB #D6C0DF #F1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC97CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BC97CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97CB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97CB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.084 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6db',
    500: '#bc97cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97cb;
$custom-light: #d0b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.692,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97CB

secondary

#DCE6D7

accent

#AC395A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97CB

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

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