#BC9EBF#BC9EBF

#BC9EBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.058 H 323.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EBF
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 191)
HSL	hsl(295, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(295, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 16.93, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 21.25, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0461 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.058 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3686, 38.9074, 54.5580)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EBF #A1BF9E

analogous

#AB9EBF #BC9EBF #BF9EB1

triadic

#BC9EBF #BFBC9E #9EBFBC

tetradic

#BC9EBF #BFAB9E #A1BF9E #9EB1BF

square

#BC9EBF #BFAB9E #A1BF9E #9EB1BF

split-complementary

#BC9EBF #B1BF9E #9EBFAB

monochromatic

#845A89 #A379A7 #BC9EBF #D5C3D7 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BC9EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EBF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EBF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.058 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad2',
    500: '#bc9ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ebf;
$custom-light: #d0bad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73655,
    "c": 0.05755,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EBF

secondary

#D8E1D7

accent

#9F474F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EBF

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

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