#BC98C8#BC98C8

#BC98C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.079 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC98C8
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 24%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 22.04, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 29.50, 318.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0582 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.079 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3911, 37.3187, 59.6025)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC98C8 #A4C898

analogous

#A498C8 #BC98C8 #C898BC

triadic

#BC98C8 #C8BC98 #98C8BC

tetradic

#BC98C8 #C8A498 #A4C898 #98BCC8

square

#BC98C8 #C8A498 #A4C898 #98BCC8

split-complementary

#BC98C8 #BCC898 #98C8A4

monochromatic

#845096 #A270B3 #BC98C8 #D6C0DD #F0E8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BC98C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BC98C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC98C8

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC98C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC98C8	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)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc98c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.079 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6d8',
    500: '#bc98c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc98c8;
$custom-light: #d0b6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc98c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 30.38,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72854,
    "c": 0.07878,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC98C8

secondary

#DAE5D7

accent

#A93C58

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC98C8

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

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