#BC9ECB#BC9ECB

#BC9ECB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.072 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9ECB
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 19.31, -18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 27.02, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0501 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.072 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7437, 39.4574, 61.8000)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9ECB #ADCB9E

analogous

#A59ECB #BC9ECB #CB9EC3

triadic

#BC9ECB #CBBC9E #9ECBBC

tetradic

#BC9ECB #CBA59E #ADCB9E #9EC3CB

square

#BC9ECB #CBA59E #ADCB9E #9EC3CB

split-complementary

#BC9ECB #C3CB9E #9ECBA5

monochromatic

#83539B #A076B6 #BC9ECB #D8C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BC9ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9ECB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9ECB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.072 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0badb',
    500: '#bc9ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9ecb;
$custom-light: #d0badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 30.201,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74093,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9ECB

secondary

#E0E8DC

accent

#A93D61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141115

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9ECB

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

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