#BC9CC4#BC9CC4

#BC9CC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.067 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CC4
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 196)
HSL	hsl(288, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 19.02, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 24.93, 319.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0508 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.067 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5899, 38.4545, 57.3927)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CC4 #A4C49C

analogous

#A89CC4 #BC9CC4 #C49CB8

triadic

#BC9CC4 #C4BC9C #9CC4BC

tetradic

#BC9CC4 #C4A89C #A4C49C #9CB8C4

square

#BC9CC4 #C4A89C #A4C49C #9CB8C4

split-complementary

#BC9CC4 #B8C49C #9CC4A8

monochromatic

#845690 #A276AD #BC9CC4 #D6C2DB #F0E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BC9CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CC4

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CC4	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.067 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9d6',
    500: '#bc9cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cc4;
$custom-light: #d0b9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 25.316,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73454,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CC4

secondary

#DAE4D8

accent

#A44255

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CC4

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

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