#BC9CCC#BC9CCC

#BC9CCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.076 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CCC
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 204)
HSL	hsl(280, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 20.62, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 28.83, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% 0.0534 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.076 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5249, 38.8285, 62.3168)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CCC #ACCC9C

analogous

#A49CCC #BC9CCC #CC9CC4

triadic

#BC9CCC #CCBC9C #9CCCBC

tetradic

#BC9CCC #CCA49C #ACCC9C #9CC4CC

square

#BC9CCC #CCA49C #ACCC9C #9CC4CC

split-complementary

#BC9CCC #C4CC9C #9CCCA4

monochromatic

#83519D #A174B7 #BC9CCC #D7C4E1 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BC9CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CCC

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CCC	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.076 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9db',
    500: '#bc9ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ccc;
$custom-light: #d0b9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.07639,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CCC

secondary

#E0E8DB

accent

#AB3B60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CCC

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

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