#BC9EC0#BC9EC0

#BC9EC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.059 H 322.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EC0
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 192)
HSL	hsl(293, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(293, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 17.12, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 21.72, 322.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0465 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.059 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4791, 38.9516, 55.1396)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EC0 #A2C09E

analogous

#AB9EC0 #BC9EC0 #C09EB3

triadic

#BC9EC0 #C0BC9E #9EC0BC

tetradic

#BC9EC0 #C0AB9E #A2C09E #9EB3C0

square

#BC9EC0 #C0AB9E #A2C09E #9EB3C0

split-complementary

#BC9EC0 #B3C09E #9EC0AB

monochromatic

#845A8A #A279A8 #BC9EC0 #D6C3D8 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BC9EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#BC9EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EC0

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EC0	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.059 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad3',
    500: '#bc9ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ec0;
$custom-light: #d0bad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7369,
    "c": 0.05867,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EC0

secondary

#D9E2D8

accent

#A04650

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EC0

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

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