#BC9BBC#BC9BBC

#BC9BBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.060 H 326.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BBC
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 18.02, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 21.89, 325.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0497 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.06 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5364, 37.7657, 52.6686)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BBC #9BBC9B

analogous

#AC9BBC #BC9BBC #BC9BAC

triadic

#BC9BBC #BCBC9B #9BBCBC

tetradic

#BC9BBC #BCAC9B #9BBC9B #9BACBC

square

#BC9BBC #BCAC9B #9BBC9B #9BACBC

split-complementary

#BC9BBC #ACBC9B #9BBCAC

monochromatic

#845984 #A376A3 #BC9BBC #D5C0D5 #EDE4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BC9BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BBC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BBC	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.060 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d0',
    500: '#bc9bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bbc;
$custom-light: #d0b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 19.76,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72977,
    "c": 0.05979,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BBC

secondary

#D4DFD4

accent

#9E4747

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BBC

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

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