#BC9EBD#BC9EBD

#BC9EBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.055 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EBD
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 16.55, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 20.34, 324.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0454 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.055 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1500, 38.8200, 53.4068)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EBD #9FBD9E

analogous

#AC9EBD #BC9EBD #BD9EAE

triadic

#BC9EBD #BDBC9E #9EBDBC

tetradic

#BC9EBD #BDAC9E #9FBD9E #9EAEBD

square

#BC9EBD #BDAC9E #9FBD9E #9EAEBD

split-complementary

#BC9EBD #AEBD9E #9EBDAC

monochromatic

#845B86 #A37AA4 #BC9EBD #D5C2D6 #EEE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BC9EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BC9EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EBD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EBD	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)

#9CA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.055 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad0',
    500: '#bc9ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ebd;
$custom-light: #d0bad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.065,
    "s": 19.018,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.05537,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EBD

secondary

#D7E0D7

accent

#9D484B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EBD

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

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