#BC9DBD#BC9DBD

#BC9DBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.057 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DBD
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 17.10, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 21.01, 324.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.047 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.057 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9802, 38.4802, 53.3502)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DBD #9EBD9D

analogous

#AC9DBD #BC9DBD #BD9DAE

triadic

#BC9DBD #BDBC9D #9DBDBC

tetradic

#BC9DBD #BDAC9D #9EBD9D #9DAEBD

square

#BC9DBD #BDAC9D #9EBD9D #9DAEBD

split-complementary

#BC9DBD #AEBD9D #9DBDAC

monochromatic

#845A86 #A378A4 #BC9DBD #D5C2D6 #EEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BC9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DBD

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DBD	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.057 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad0',
    500: '#bc9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dbd;
$custom-light: #d0bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.125,
    "s": 19.512,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73394,
    "c": 0.0572,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DBD

secondary

#D6E0D6

accent

#9E484A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DBD

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

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