#BC9EBC#BC9EBC

#BC9EBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.054 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EBC
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 16.36, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 19.89, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0451 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.054 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0419, 38.7767, 52.8371)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EBC #9EBC9E

analogous

#AD9EBC #BC9EBC #BC9EAD

triadic

#BC9EBC #BCBC9E #9EBCBC

tetradic

#BC9EBC #BCAD9E #9EBC9E #9EADBC

square

#BC9EBC #BCAD9E #9EBC9E #9EADBC

split-complementary

#BC9EBC #ADBC9E #9EBCAD

monochromatic

#845B84 #A37AA3 #BC9EBC #D5C2D5 #EEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BC9EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EBC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EBC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.054 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad0',
    500: '#bc9ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ebc;
$custom-light: #d0bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.293,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.05429,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EBC

secondary

#D6E0D6

accent

#9D4949

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EBC

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

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