#BC9ECA#BC9ECA

#BC9ECA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.070 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ECA
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 19.10, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 26.52, 316.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0497 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.07 315)
XYZ	xyz(43.6249, 39.4099, 61.1744)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ECA #ACCA9E

analogous

#A69ECA #BC9ECA #CA9EC2

triadic

#BC9ECA #CABC9E #9ECABC

tetradic

#BC9ECA #CAA69E #ACCA9E #9EC2CA

square

#BC9ECA #CAA69E #ACCA9E #9EC2CA

split-complementary

#BC9ECA #C2CA9E #9ECAA6

monochromatic

#83549A #A176B4 #BC9ECA #D7C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BC9ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ECA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ECA	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.070 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bada',
    500: '#bc9eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9eca;
$custom-light: #d0bada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.07039,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.39409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ECA

secondary

#E0E8DC

accent

#A83E5F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ECA

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

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