#BC97CE#BC97CE

#BC97CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.088 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC97CE
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 23.81, -22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 33.10, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0615 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.088 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9445, 37.2815, 63.3143)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC97CE #A9CE97

analogous

#A197CE #BC97CE #CE97C4

triadic

#BC97CE #CEBC97 #97CEBC

tetradic

#BC97CE #CEA197 #A9CE97 #97C4CE

square

#BC97CE #CEA197 #A9CE97 #97C4CE

split-complementary

#BC97CE #C4CE97 #97CEA1

monochromatic

#844B9F #A16DBA #BC97CE #D7C1E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BC97CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BC97CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC97CE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC97CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC97CE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc97ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.088 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dd',
    500: '#bc97ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc97ce;
$custom-light: #d0b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc97ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC97CE

secondary

#DEE8D9

accent

#AF375E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC97CE

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

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