#BC9DBE#BC9DBE

#BC9DBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.058 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DBE
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 17.29, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 21.46, 323.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0473 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.058 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0891, 38.5238, 53.9238)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DBE #9FBE9D

analogous

#AB9DBE #BC9DBE #BE9DAF

triadic

#BC9DBE #BEBC9D #9DBEBC

tetradic

#BC9DBE #BEAB9D #9FBE9D #9DAFBE

square

#BC9DBE #BEAB9D #9FBE9D #9DAFBE

split-complementary

#BC9DBE #AFBE9D #9DBEAB

monochromatic

#845A87 #A378A6 #BC9DBE #D5C2D6 #EEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC9DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#BC9DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DBE

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DBE	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)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.058 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad1',
    500: '#bc9dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dbe;
$custom-light: #d0bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.364,
    "s": 20.245,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.05828,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DBE

secondary

#D7E0D6

accent

#9F474C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DBE

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

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