#BC9EC2#BC9EC2

#BC9EC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.061 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9EC2
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 17.51, -14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 22.65, 320.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0471 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.061 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7021, 39.0408, 56.3146)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9EC2 #A4C29E

analogous

#AA9EC2 #BC9EC2 #C29EB6

triadic

#BC9EC2 #C2BC9E #9EC2BC

tetradic

#BC9EC2 #C2AA9E #A4C29E #9EB6C2

square

#BC9EC2 #C2AA9E #A4C29E #9EB6C2

split-complementary

#BC9EC2 #B6C29E #9EC2AA

monochromatic

#84598D #A278AA #BC9EC2 #D6C4DA #F0E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BC9EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9EC2

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9EC2	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A9C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA1AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.061 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bad4',
    500: '#bc9ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ec2;
$custom-light: #d0bad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 22.785,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.06093,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9EC2

secondary

#DAE3D9

accent

#A14454

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9EC2

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

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