#BC9BC2#BC9BC2

#BC9BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.066 H 321.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BC2
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(291, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(291, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 19.18, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 24.65, 321.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0517 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.066 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1967, 38.0298, 56.1461)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BC2 #A1C29B

analogous

#A89BC2 #BC9BC2 #C29BB4

triadic

#BC9BC2 #C2BC9B #9BC2BC

tetradic

#BC9BC2 #C2A89B #A1C29B #9BB4C2

square

#BC9BC2 #C2A89B #A1C29B #9BB4C2

split-complementary

#BC9BC2 #B4C29B #9BC2A8

monochromatic

#84568D #A375AB #BC9BC2 #D5C1D9 #EFE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BC9BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BC2

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BC2	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.066 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d4',
    500: '#bc9bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bc2;
$custom-light: #d0b8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 24.224,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73192,
    "c": 0.0664,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BC2

secondary

#D8E2D7

accent

#A34352

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BC2

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

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