#BC9FBD#BC9FBD

#BC9FBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.054 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FBD
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 16%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 15.99, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 19.67, 324.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0439 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.054 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3213, 39.1625, 53.4639)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FBD #A0BD9F

analogous

#AD9FBD #BC9FBD #BD9FAF

triadic

#BC9FBD #BDBC9F #9FBDBC

tetradic

#BC9FBD #BDAD9F #A0BD9F #9FAFBD

square

#BC9FBD #BDAD9F #A0BD9F #9FAFBD

split-complementary

#BC9FBD #AFBD9F #9FBDAD

monochromatic

#845C86 #A37BA4 #BC9FBD #D5C3D6 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BC9FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FBD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FBD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.054 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbd0',
    500: '#bc9fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fbd;
$custom-light: #d0bbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73777,
    "c": 0.05353,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FBD

secondary

#D8E0D7

accent

#9D494B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FBD

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

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