#BC9BBD#BC9BBD

#BC9BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.061 H 325.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BBD
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 20%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(298, 18%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 18.21, -12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 22.34, 324.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.05 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.061 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6446, 37.8090, 53.2383)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BBD #9CBD9B

analogous

#AB9BBD #BC9BBD #BD9BAD

triadic

#BC9BBD #BDBC9B #9BBDBC

tetradic

#BC9BBD #BDAB9B #9CBD9B #9BADBD

square

#BC9BBD #BDAB9B #9CBD9B #9BADBD

split-complementary

#BC9BBD #ADBD9B #9BBDAB

monochromatic

#845885 #A376A5 #BC9BBD #D5C0D5 #EDE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC9BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#BC9BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BBD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BBD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.061 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d0',
    500: '#bc9bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bbd;
$custom-light: #d0b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.235,
    "s": 20.482,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.06086,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BBD

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9F4749

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BBD

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

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