#BC9CBE#BC9CBE

#BC9CBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.060 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CBE
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, 17.85, -13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 22.13, 323.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0488 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.06 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9206, 38.1868, 53.8677)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CBE #9EBE9C

analogous

#AB9CBE #BC9CBE #BE9CAF

triadic

#BC9CBE #BEBC9C #9CBEBC

tetradic

#BC9CBE #BEAB9C #9EBE9C #9CAFBE

square

#BC9CBE #BEAB9C #9EBE9C #9CAFBE

split-complementary

#BC9CBE #AFBE9C #9CBEAB

monochromatic

#845987 #A377A6 #BC9CBE #D5C1D6 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BC9CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CBE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CBE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.060 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9d1',
    500: '#bc9cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cbe;
$custom-light: #d0b9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.471,
    "s": 20.732,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73238,
    "c": 0.06012,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CBE

secondary

#D6E0D6

accent

#9F464C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CBE

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

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