#BC9BB7#BC9BB7

#BC9BB7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.055 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BB7
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(309, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(309, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 17.08, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 19.73, 329.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0479 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.055 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0067, 37.5539, 49.8790)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BB7 #9BBCA0

analogous

#B19BBC #BC9BB7 #BC9BA7

triadic

#BC9BB7 #B7BC9B #9BB7BC

tetradic

#BC9BB7 #BCB19B #9BBCA0 #9BA7BC

square

#BC9BB7 #BCB19B #9BBCA0 #9BA7BC

split-complementary

#BC9BB7 #A7BC9B #9BBCB1

monochromatic

#84597D #A3769D #BC9BB7 #D5C0D1 #EDE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BC9BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BC9BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BB7

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BB7	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)

#9AA2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.055 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8cc',
    500: '#bc9bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bb7;
$custom-light: #d0b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.091,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72804,
    "c": 0.05469,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BB7

secondary

#D4DFD6

accent

#9E5547

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BB7

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

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