#BC9ABE#BC9ABE

#BC9ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.064 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ABE
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(297, 22%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(297, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 18.96, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 23.46, 323.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0519 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.064 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5877, 37.5211, 53.7567)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ABE #9CBE9A

analogous

#AA9ABE #BC9ABE #BE9AAE

triadic

#BC9ABE #BEBC9A #9ABEBC

tetradic

#BC9ABE #BEAA9A #9CBE9A #9AAEBE

square

#BC9ABE #BEAA9A #9CBE9A #9AAEBE

split-complementary

#BC9ABE #AEBE9A #9ABEAA

monochromatic

#845787 #A375A6 #BC9ABE #D5BFD6 #EDE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BC9ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#BC9ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ABE

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ABE	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)

#97A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.064 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d1',
    500: '#bc9abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9abe;
$custom-light: #d0b8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 21.687,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72858,
    "c": 0.06379,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ABE

secondary

#D5E0D4

accent

#A0454A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ABE

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

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