#BC9BC4#BC9BC4

#BC9BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.069 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BC4
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(288, 26%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 21%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 19.57, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 25.59, 319.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0523 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.069 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4228, 38.1203, 57.3370)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BC4 #A3C49B

analogous

#A89BC4 #BC9BC4 #C49BB8

triadic

#BC9BC4 #C4BC9B #9BC4BC

tetradic

#BC9BC4 #C4A89B #A3C49B #9BB8C4

square

#BC9BC4 #C4A89B #A3C49B #9BB8C4

split-complementary

#BC9BC4 #B8C49B #9BC4A8

monochromatic

#845590 #A275AD #BC9BC4 #D6C1DB #F0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BC9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BC4

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BC4	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.069 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d6',
    500: '#bc9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bc4;
$custom-light: #d0b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.293,
    "s": 25.786,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73265,
    "c": 0.06869,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BC4

secondary

#DAE3D7

accent

#A44155

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BC4

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

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