#BC9CBB#BC9CBB

#BC9CBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.057 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CBB
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(302, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 17.27, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 20.78, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0478 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.057 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5961, 38.0570, 52.1586)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CBB #9CBC9D

analogous

#AD9CBC #BC9CBB #BC9CAB

triadic

#BC9CBB #BBBC9C #9CBBBC

tetradic

#BC9CBB #BCAD9C #9CBC9D #9CABBC

square

#BC9CBB #BCAD9C #9CBC9D #9CABBC

split-complementary

#BC9CBB #ABBC9C #9CBCAD

monochromatic

#845983 #A378A2 #BC9CBB #D5C0D4 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BC9CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CBB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CBB	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.057 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9cf',
    500: '#bc9cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cbb;
$custom-light: #d0b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.875,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73133,
    "c": 0.0569,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CBB

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9E4B48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CBB

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

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