#BC98CE#BC98CE

#BC98CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.086 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC98CE
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 26.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 23.25, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 32.44, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.06 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.086 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1061, 37.6047, 63.3682)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC98CE #AACE98

analogous

#A198CE #BC98CE #CE98C5

triadic

#BC98CE #CEBC98 #98CEBC

tetradic

#BC98CE #CEA198 #AACE98 #98C5CE

square

#BC98CE #CEA198 #AACE98 #98C5CE

split-complementary

#BC98CE #C5CE98 #98CEA1

monochromatic

#844CA0 #A16FBA #BC98CE #D7C1E2 #F2EAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC98CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BC98CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC98CE

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC98CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC98CE	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB9EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc98ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.086 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b6dd',
    500: '#bc98ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc98ce;
$custom-light: #d0b6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc98ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 35.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC98CE

secondary

#DEE8D9

accent

#AE375F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC98CE

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

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