#BC9DBB#BC9DBB

#BC9DBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.055 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DBB
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 16.72, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 20.12, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0463 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.055 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7646, 38.3940, 52.2147)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DBB #9DBC9E

analogous

#AD9DBC #BC9DBB #BC9DAC

triadic

#BC9DBB #BBBC9D #9DBBBC

tetradic

#BC9DBB #BCAD9D #9DBC9E #9DACBC

square

#BC9DBB #BCAD9D #9DBC9E #9DACBC

split-complementary

#BC9DBB #ACBC9D #9DBCAD

monochromatic

#845A83 #A379A2 #BC9DBB #D5C1D4 #EEE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BC9DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DBB

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DBB	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.055 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bacf',
    500: '#bc9dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dbb;
$custom-light: #d0bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.935,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DBB

secondary

#D6DFD6

accent

#9D4B48

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DBB

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

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