#BC97CD#BC97CD

#BC97CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.087 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97CD
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 26.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 23.61, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 32.60, 316.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0612 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.087 315)
XYZ	xyz(42.8234, 37.2330, 62.6765)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97CD #A8CD97

analogous

#A197CD #BC97CD #CD97C3

triadic

#BC97CD #CDBC97 #97CDBC

tetradic

#BC97CD #CDA197 #A8CD97 #97C3CD

square

#BC97CD #CDA197 #A8CD97 #97C3CD

split-complementary

#BC97CD #C3CD97 #97CDA1

monochromatic

#844C9E #A16EB9 #BC97CD #D7C0E1 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BC97CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BC97CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97CD

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97CD	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.087 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dc',
    500: '#bc97cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97cd;
$custom-light: #d0b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.111,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.37232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97CD

secondary

#DDE8D8

accent

#AE385D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97CD

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

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