#BC9DBF#BC9DBF

#BC9DBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.059 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DBF
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 17.49, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 21.92, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0476 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.059 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1988, 38.5676, 54.5014)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DBF #A0BF9D

analogous

#AB9DBF #BC9DBF #BF9DB1

triadic

#BC9DBF #BFBC9D #9DBFBC

tetradic

#BC9DBF #BFAB9D #A0BF9D #9DB1BF

square

#BC9DBF #BFAB9D #A0BF9D #9DB1BF

split-complementary

#BC9DBF #B1BF9D #9DBFAB

monochromatic

#845988 #A378A7 #BC9DBF #D5C2D7 #EFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC9DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#BC9DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DBF

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DBF	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.059 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad2',
    500: '#bc9dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dbf;
$custom-light: #d0bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.706,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.05938,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DBF

secondary

#D8E1D7

accent

#9F464E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DBF

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

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