#BC9EBA#BC9EBA

#BC9EBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.052 H 328.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EBA
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, 15.98, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 19.01, 327.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% 0.0444 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.052 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8278, 38.6911, 51.7095)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EBA #9EBCA0

analogous

#AF9EBC #BC9EBA #BC9EAB

triadic

#BC9EBA #BABC9E #9EBABC

tetradic

#BC9EBA #BCAF9E #9EBCA0 #9EABBC

square

#BC9EBA #BCAF9E #9EBCA0 #9EABBC

split-complementary

#BC9EBA #ABBC9E #9EBCAF

monochromatic

#845B82 #A37AA0 #BC9EBA #D5C2D4 #EEE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BC9EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EBA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EBA	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)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.052 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bace',
    500: '#bc9eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eba;
$custom-light: #d0bace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73481,
    "c": 0.0522,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EBA

secondary

#D6E0D7

accent

#9D4E49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EBA

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

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