#BC9BCB#BC9BCB

#BC9BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.077 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BCB
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 20.97, -20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 28.99, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% 0.0546 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.077 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2382, 38.4465, 61.6315)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BCB #AACB9B

analogous

#A49BCB #BC9BCB #CB9BC2

triadic

#BC9BCB #CBBC9B #9BCBBC

tetradic

#BC9BCB #CBA49B #AACB9B #9BC2CB

square

#BC9BCB #CBA49B #AACB9B #9BC2CB

split-complementary

#BC9BCB #C2CB9B #9BCBA4

monochromatic

#84519B #A173B6 #BC9BCB #D7C3E0 #F2EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BC9BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BCB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BCB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.077 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8db',
    500: '#bc9bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bcb;
$custom-light: #d0b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.07696,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BCB

secondary

#DEE8DA

accent

#AA3B5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BCB

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

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