#BC9EBB#BC9EBB

#BC9EBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.053 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EBB
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 16.17, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 19.45, 326.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0447 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.053 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9345, 38.7337, 52.2714)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EBB #9EBC9F

analogous

#AE9EBC #BC9EBB #BC9EAC

triadic

#BC9EBB #BBBC9E #9EBBBC

tetradic

#BC9EBB #BCAE9E #9EBC9F #9EACBC

square

#BC9EBB #BCAE9E #9EBC9F #9EACBC

split-complementary

#BC9EBB #ACBC9E #9EBCAE

monochromatic

#845B83 #A37AA2 #BC9EBB #D5C2D4 #EEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BC9EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EBB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EBB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.053 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bacf',
    500: '#bc9ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ebb;
$custom-light: #d0bacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73516,
    "c": 0.05323,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EBB

secondary

#D6E0D7

accent

#9D4C49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EBB

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

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