#BC9DC6#BC9DC6

#BC9DC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.067 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DC6
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(285, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 18.86, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 25.23, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.05 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.067 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9876, 38.8832, 58.6558)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DC6 #A7C69D

analogous

#A89DC6 #BC9DC6 #C69DBC

triadic

#BC9DC6 #C6BC9D #9DC6BC

tetradic

#BC9DC6 #C6A89D #A7C69D #9DBCC6

square

#BC9DC6 #C6A89D #A7C69D #9DBCC6

split-complementary

#BC9DC6 #BCC69D #9DC6A8

monochromatic

#845693 #A276AF #BC9DC6 #D6C4DD #F1EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BC9DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DC6

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DC6	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.067 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad7',
    500: '#bc9dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dc6;
$custom-light: #d0bad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.366,
    "s": 26.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73717,
    "c": 0.0674,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DC6

secondary

#DCE5DA

accent

#A54059

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DC6

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

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