#BC9DC0#BC9DC0

#BC9DC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.060 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DC0
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 192)
HSL	hsl(293, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(293, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 17.68, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 22.38, 322.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.048 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.061 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3092, 38.6118, 55.0830)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DC0 #A1C09D

analogous

#AA9DC0 #BC9DC0 #C09DB2

triadic

#BC9DC0 #C0BC9D #9DC0BC

tetradic

#BC9DC0 #C0AA9D #A1C09D #9DB2C0

square

#BC9DC0 #C0AA9D #A1C09D #9DB2C0

split-complementary

#BC9DC0 #B2C09D #9DC0AA

monochromatic

#84598A #A378A8 #BC9DC0 #D5C2D8 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BC9DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#BC9DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DC0

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DC0	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.060 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad3',
    500: '#bc9dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dc0;
$custom-light: #d0bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.143,
    "s": 21.739,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.735,
    "c": 0.0605,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DC0

secondary

#D8E2D7

accent

#A04550

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DC0

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

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