#BC9DBC#BC9DBC

#BC9DBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.056 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DBC
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 16.91, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 20.56, 325.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% 0.0466 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.056 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8720, 38.4369, 52.7805)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DBC #9DBC9D

analogous

#AC9DBC #BC9DBC #BC9DAC

triadic

#BC9DBC #BCBC9D #9DBCBC

tetradic

#BC9DBC #BCAC9D #9DBC9D #9DACBC

square

#BC9DBC #BCAC9D #9DBC9D #9DACBC

split-complementary

#BC9DBC #ACBC9D #9DBCAC

monochromatic

#845A84 #A379A3 #BC9DBC #D5C1D5 #EEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BC9DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#BC9DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DBC

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DBC	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)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9FA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.056 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad0',
    500: '#bc9dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dbc;
$custom-light: #d0bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.05612,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DBC

secondary

#D6DFD6

accent

#9D4848

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DBC

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

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