#BC9EBE#BC9EBE

#BC9EBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.056 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EBE
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 16.74, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 20.79, 323.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0458 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.056 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2590, 38.8635, 53.9805)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EBE #A0BE9E

analogous

#AC9EBE #BC9EBE #BE9EB0

triadic

#BC9EBE #BEBC9E #9EBEBC

tetradic

#BC9EBE #BEAC9E #A0BE9E #9EB0BE

square

#BC9EBE #BEAC9E #A0BE9E #9EB0BE

split-complementary

#BC9EBE #B0BE9E #9EBEAC

monochromatic

#845B87 #A379A5 #BC9EBE #D5C3D7 #EFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BC9EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EBE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EBE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.056 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad1',
    500: '#bc9ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ebe;
$custom-light: #d0bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 19.753,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7362,
    "c": 0.05645,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EBE

secondary

#D8E1D7

accent

#9E474D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EBE

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

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