#BC9CBC#BC9CBC

#BC9CBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.058 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CBC
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 17.46, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 21.23, 325.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0481 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.058 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7035, 38.1000, 52.7243)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CBC #9CBC9C

analogous

#AC9CBC #BC9CBC #BC9CAC

triadic

#BC9CBC #BCBC9C #9CBCBC

tetradic

#BC9CBC #BCAC9C #9CBC9C #9CACBC

square

#BC9CBC #BCAC9C #9CBC9C #9CACBC

split-complementary

#BC9CBC #ACBC9C #9CBCAC

monochromatic

#845984 #A378A3 #BC9CBC #D5C0D5 #EDE5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BC9CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BC9CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CBC

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CBC	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.058 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9d0',
    500: '#bc9cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cbc;
$custom-light: #d0b9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73168,
    "c": 0.05797,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CBC

secondary

#D5DFD5

accent

#9E4848

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CBC

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

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