#BC9BCC#BC9BCC

#BC9BCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.078 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9BCC
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 24%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 21.18, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 29.48, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0549 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.078 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3577, 38.4943, 62.2611)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9BCC #ABCC9B

analogous

#A39BCC #BC9BCC #CC9BC3

triadic

#BC9BCC #CCBC9B #9BCCBC

tetradic

#BC9BCC #CCA39B #ABCC9B #9BC3CC

square

#BC9BCC #CCA39B #ABCC9B #9BC3CC

split-complementary

#BC9BCC #C3CC9B #9BCCA3

monochromatic

#84509D #A172B7 #BC9BCC #D7C4E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC9BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BC9BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9BCC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9BCC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.078 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b8db',
    500: '#bc9bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9bcc;
$custom-light: #d0b8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 32.45,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73567,
    "c": 0.07817,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9BCC

secondary

#DFE8DB

accent

#AB3A5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9BCC

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

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