#BC9FBC#BC9FBC

#BC9FBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.052 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FBC
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 15.80, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 19.23, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0435 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.052 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2131, 39.1192, 52.8942)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FBC #9FBC9F

analogous

#AD9FBC #BC9FBC #BC9FAD

triadic

#BC9FBC #BCBC9F #9FBCBC

tetradic

#BC9FBC #BCAD9F #9FBC9F #9FADBC

square

#BC9FBC #BCAD9F #9FBC9F #9FADBC

split-complementary

#BC9FBC #ADBC9F #9FBCAD

monochromatic

#845C84 #A37BA3 #BC9FBC #D5C3D5 #EEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BC9FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FBC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FBC	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)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.052 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbd0',
    500: '#bc9fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fbc;
$custom-light: #d0bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.791,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73742,
    "c": 0.05246,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FBC

secondary

#D7E0D7

accent

#9C4949

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FBC

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

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