#BC9BC7#BC9BC7

#BC9BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.072 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BC7
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 199)
HSL	hsl(285, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(285, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 22.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 20.17, -18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 27.03, 318.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0533 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.072 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7677, 38.2582, 59.1534)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BC7 #A6C79B

analogous

#A69BC7 #BC9BC7 #C79BBC

triadic

#BC9BC7 #C7BC9B #9BC7BC

tetradic

#BC9BC7 #C7A69B #A6C79B #9BBCC7

square

#BC9BC7 #C7A69B #A6C79B #9BBCC7

split-complementary

#BC9BC7 #BCC79B #9BC7A6

monochromatic

#845394 #A274B1 #BC9BC7 #D6C2DD #F1E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BC9BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BC7

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BC7	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.072 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8d8',
    500: '#bc9bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bc7;
$custom-light: #d0b8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73377,
    "c": 0.07219,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BC7

secondary

#DCE5D9

accent

#A73F59

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BC7

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

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