#BC9BC3#BC9BC3

#BC9BC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.068 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BC3
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(290, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 19.38, -15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 25.12, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.052 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.068 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3094, 38.0749, 56.7395)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BC3 #A2C39B

analogous

#A89BC3 #BC9BC3 #C39BB6

triadic

#BC9BC3 #C3BC9B #9BC3BC

tetradic

#BC9BC3 #C3A89B #A2C39B #9BB6C3

square

#BC9BC3 #C3A89B #A2C39B #9BB6C3

split-complementary

#BC9BC3 #B6C39B #9BC3A8

monochromatic

#84558E #A275AC #BC9BC3 #D6C1DA #EFE7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BC9BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BC3

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BC3	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)

#97A4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.068 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d5',
    500: '#bc9bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bc3;
$custom-light: #d0b8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.5,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BC3

secondary

#D9E3D7

accent

#A44253

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BC3

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

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