#BC97CC#BC97CC

#BC97CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.085 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97CC
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 26%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 23.40, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 32.11, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0609 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.085 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7031, 37.1849, 62.0429)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97CC #A7CC97

analogous

#A297CC #BC97CC #CC97C2

triadic

#BC97CC #CCBC97 #97CCBC

tetradic

#BC97CC #CCA297 #A7CC97 #97C2CC

square

#BC97CC #CCA297 #A7CC97 #97C2CC

split-complementary

#BC97CC #C2CC97 #97CCA2

monochromatic

#844D9C #A26EB8 #BC97CC #D6C0E0 #F1E9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC97CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#BC97CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97CC

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97CC	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.085 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6db',
    500: '#bc97cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97cc;
$custom-light: #d0b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.887,
    "s": 34.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72824,
    "c": 0.08532,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97CC

secondary

#DCE7D8

accent

#AD385C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →