#BC9CCB#BC9CCB

#BC9CCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.075 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CCB
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 31%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 20.42, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 28.33, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0531 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.075 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4053, 38.7807, 61.6872)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CCB #ABCB9C

analogous

#A49CCB #BC9CCB #CB9CC2

triadic

#BC9CCB #CBBC9C #9CCBBC

tetradic

#BC9CCB #CBA49C #ABCB9C #9CC2CB

square

#BC9CCB #CBA49C #ABCB9C #9CC2CB

split-complementary

#BC9CCB #C2CB9C #9CCBA4

monochromatic

#84519B #A174B6 #BC9CCB #D7C4E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BC9CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CCB

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CCB	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.075 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9db',
    500: '#bc9ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ccb;
$custom-light: #d0b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 31.126,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73716,
    "c": 0.07517,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CCB

secondary

#DFE8DB

accent

#AA3C5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CCB

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

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