#BC9ACC#BC9ACC

#BC9ACC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.080 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ACC
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 33%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 24.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, 21.73, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 30.14, 316.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0564 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.08 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1920, 38.1628, 62.2058)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ACC #AACC9A

analogous

#A39ACC #BC9ACC #CC9AC3

triadic

#BC9ACC #CCBC9A #9ACCBC

tetradic

#BC9ACC #CCA39A #AACC9A #9AC3CC

square

#BC9ACC #CCA39A #AACC9A #9AC3CC

split-complementary

#BC9ACC #C3CC9A #9ACCA3

monochromatic

#844F9D #A171B7 #BC9ACC #D7C3E1 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9ACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#BC9ACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ACC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ACC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9acc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.080 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8db',
    500: '#bc9acc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9acc;
$custom-light: #d0b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9acc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 32.895,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7338,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ACC

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AC3A5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ACC

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

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