#BC98CD#BC98CD

#BC98CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.085 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC98CD
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 25.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 23.05, -22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 31.95, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0597 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.085 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9850, 37.5563, 62.7304)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC98CD #A9CD98

analogous

#A298CD #BC98CD #CD98C3

triadic

#BC98CD #CDBC98 #98CDBC

tetradic

#BC98CD #CDA298 #A9CD98 #98C3CD

square

#BC98CD #CDA298 #A9CD98 #98C3CD

split-complementary

#BC98CD #C3CD98 #98CDA2

monochromatic

#844D9E #A16FB9 #BC98CD #D7C1E1 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BC98CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BC98CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC98CD

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC98CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC98CD	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc98cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.085 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dc',
    500: '#bc98cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc98cd;
$custom-light: #d0b6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc98cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 34.641,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73048,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC98CD

secondary

#DEE8D9

accent

#AD385E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC98CD

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

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