#BC98CC#BC98CC

#BC98CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.084 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC98CC
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 22.85, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 31.45, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0594 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.084 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8647, 37.5081, 62.0967)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC98CC #A8CC98

analogous

#A298CC #BC98CC #CC98C2

triadic

#BC98CC #CCBC98 #98CCBC

tetradic

#BC98CC #CCA298 #A8CC98 #98C2CC

square

#BC98CC #CCA298 #A8CC98 #98C2CC

split-complementary

#BC98CC #C2CC98 #98CCA2

monochromatic

#844D9C #A16FB8 #BC98CC #D7C1E0 #F1EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BC98CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BC98CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC98CC

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC98CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC98CC	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc98cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.084 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6db',
    500: '#bc98cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc98cc;
$custom-light: #d0b6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc98cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 33.766,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73009,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC98CC

secondary

#DDE7D9

accent

#AD395D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC98CC

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

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