#BC9BB9#BC9BB9

#BC9BB9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.057 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BB9
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(305, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(305, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 17.45, -10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 20.58, 328.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0486 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.057 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2164, 37.6377, 50.9831)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BB9 #9BBC9E

analogous

#AF9BBC #BC9BB9 #BC9BA9

triadic

#BC9BB9 #B9BC9B #9BB9BC

tetradic

#BC9BB9 #BCAF9B #9BBC9E #9BA9BC

square

#BC9BB9 #BCAF9B #9BBC9E #9BA9BC

split-complementary

#BC9BB9 #A9BC9B #9BBCAF

monochromatic

#845980 #A3769F #BC9BB9 #D5C0D3 #EDE4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BC9BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BB9

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BB9	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.057 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8ce',
    500: '#bc9bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bb9;
$custom-light: #d0b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.05668,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BB9

secondary

#D4DFD5

accent

#9E4F47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BB9

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

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