#BC9FBB#BC9FBB

#BC9FBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.051 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FBB
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 15.61, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 18.78, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.0432 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.051 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1057, 39.0763, 52.3285)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FBB #9FBCA0

analogous

#AE9FBC #BC9FBB #BC9FAC

triadic

#BC9FBB #BBBC9F #9FBBBC

tetradic

#BC9FBB #BCAE9F #9FBCA0 #9FACBC

square

#BC9FBB #BCAE9F #9FBCA0 #9FACBC

split-complementary

#BC9FBB #ACBC9F #9FBCAE

monochromatic

#845C83 #A37BA1 #BC9FBB #D5C3D5 #EEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BC9FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FBB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FBB	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.051 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbcf',
    500: '#bc9fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fbb;
$custom-light: #d0bbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.069,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.0514,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FBB

secondary

#D7E0D7

accent

#9C4C49

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FBB

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

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