#BC9BBB#BC9BBB

#BC9BBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.059 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BBB
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(302, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 17.83, -11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 21.45, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0493 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.059 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4290, 37.7228, 52.1029)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BBB #9BBC9C

analogous

#AD9BBC #BC9BBB #BC9BAB

triadic

#BC9BBB #BBBC9B #9BBBBC

tetradic

#BC9BBB #BCAD9B #9BBC9C #9BABBC

square

#BC9BBB #BCAD9B #9BBC9C #9BABBC

split-complementary

#BC9BBB #ABBC9B #9BBCAD

monochromatic

#845983 #A376A2 #BC9BBB #D5C0D4 #EDE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BC9BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BBB

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BBB	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.059 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8cf',
    500: '#bc9bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bbb;
$custom-light: #d0b8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.818,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72942,
    "c": 0.05875,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BBB

secondary

#D4DFD5

accent

#9E4A47

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BBB

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

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