#BC9BBF#BC9BBF

#BC9BBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.063 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BBF
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 18.60, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 23.25, 323.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0507 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.063 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8631, 37.8964, 54.3896)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BBF #9EBF9B

analogous

#AA9BBF #BC9BBF #BF9BB0

triadic

#BC9BBF #BFBC9B #9BBFBC

tetradic

#BC9BBF #BFAA9B #9EBF9B #9BB0BF

square

#BC9BBF #BFAA9B #9EBF9B #9BB0BF

split-complementary

#BC9BBF #B0BF9B #9BBFAA

monochromatic

#845788 #A376A7 #BC9BBF #D5C0D7 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BC9BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BC9BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BBF

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BBF	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.063 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d2',
    500: '#bc9bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bbf;
$custom-light: #d0b8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73084,
    "c": 0.06304,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BBF

secondary

#D6E0D5

accent

#A0454D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BBF

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

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