#BC9DC2#BC9DC2

#BC9DC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.063 H 320.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DC2
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 18.07, -14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 23.32, 320.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% 0.0486 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.063 320.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5323, 38.7011, 56.2580)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DC2 #A3C29D

analogous

#AA9DC2 #BC9DC2 #C29DB6

triadic

#BC9DC2 #C2BC9D #9DC2BC

tetradic

#BC9DC2 #C2AA9D #A3C29D #9DB6C2

square

#BC9DC2 #C2AA9D #A3C29D #9DB6C2

split-complementary

#BC9DC2 #B6C29D #9DC2AA

monochromatic

#84588D #A277AB #BC9DC2 #D6C3D9 #F0E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BC9DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DC2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DC2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.063 320.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad4',
    500: '#bc9dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dc2;
$custom-light: #d0bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.27,
    "s": 23.27,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73571,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 320.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DC2

secondary

#DAE3D8

accent

#A24453

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DC2

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

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