#BC9DCA#BC9DCA

#BC9DCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.072 H 315.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9DCA
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(281, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 22.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 19.66, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 27.18, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0513 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.072 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4550, 39.0702, 61.1177)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9DCA #ABCA9D

analogous

#A59DCA #BC9DCA #CA9DC1

triadic

#BC9DCA #CABC9D #9DCABC

tetradic

#BC9DCA #CAA59D #ABCA9D #9DC1CA

square

#BC9DCA #CAA59D #ABCA9D #9DC1CA

split-complementary

#BC9DCA #C1CA9D #9DCAA5

monochromatic

#84539A #A175B5 #BC9DCA #D7C5DF #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BC9DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9DCA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9DCA	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.072 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bada',
    500: '#bc9dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9dca;
$custom-light: #d0bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 29.801,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73866,
    "c": 0.07218,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9DCA

secondary

#DFE8DB

accent

#A83D5E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9DCA

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

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