#BC9CC2#BC9CC2

#BC9CC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.065 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CC2
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(291, 24%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 20%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 18.62, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 23.98, 320.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0502 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.065 321)
XYZ	xyz(42.3638, 38.3641, 56.2018)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CC2 #A2C29C

analogous

#A99CC2 #BC9CC2 #C29CB5

triadic

#BC9CC2 #C2BC9C #9CC2BC

tetradic

#BC9CC2 #C2A99C #A2C29C #9CB5C2

square

#BC9CC2 #C2A99C #A2C29C #9CB5C2

split-complementary

#BC9CC2 #B5C29C #9CC2A9

monochromatic

#84578D #A276AB #BC9CC2 #D6C2D9 #EFE8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BC9CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CC2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CC2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A4C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.065 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9d4',
    500: '#bc9cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cc2;
$custom-light: #d0b9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 23.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.38363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CC2

secondary

#D9E3D7

accent

#A24352

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CC2

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

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