#BC9BCA#BC9BCA

#BC9BCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.076 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BCA
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(282, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 20.77, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 28.50, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0543 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.076 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1194, 38.3989, 61.0059)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BCA #A9CA9B

analogous

#A59BCA #BC9BCA #CA9BC0

triadic

#BC9BCA #CABC9B #9BCABC

tetradic

#BC9BCA #CAA59B #A9CA9B #9BC0CA

square

#BC9BCA #CAA59B #A9CA9B #9BC0CA

split-complementary

#BC9BCA #C0CA9B #9BCAA5

monochromatic

#845199 #A173B5 #BC9BCA #D7C3DF #F2EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BC9BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BCA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BCA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.076 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8da',
    500: '#bc9bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bca;
$custom-light: #d0b8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.128,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.07576,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BCA

secondary

#DEE7DA

accent

#A93C5D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BCA

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

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