#BC9CBF#BC9CBF

#BC9CBF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.061 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CBF
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 18.04, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 22.59, 323.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0492 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.061 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0303, 38.2307, 54.4453)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CBF #9FBF9C

analogous

#AA9CBF #BC9CBF #BF9CB0

triadic

#BC9CBF #BFBC9C #9CBFBC

tetradic

#BC9CBF #BFAA9C #9FBF9C #9CB0BF

square

#BC9CBF #BFAA9C #9FBF9C #9CB0BF

split-complementary

#BC9CBF #B0BF9C #9CBFAA

monochromatic

#845888 #A377A7 #BC9CBF #D5C1D7 #EEE6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC9CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BC9CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CBF

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CBF	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.061 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9d2',
    500: '#bc9cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cbf;
$custom-light: #d0b9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73273,
    "c": 0.06121,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CBF

secondary

#D7E1D6

accent

#A0464D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CBF

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

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