#BC9FBE#BC9FBE

#BC9FBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.055 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FBE
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 19%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 16.18, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 20.13, 323.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0442 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.055 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4302, 39.2061, 54.0375)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FBE #A1BE9F

analogous

#AC9FBE #BC9FBE #BE9FB0

triadic

#BC9FBE #BEBC9F #9FBEBC

tetradic

#BC9FBE #BEAC9F #A1BE9F #9FB0BE

square

#BC9FBE #BEAC9F #A1BE9F #9FB0BE

split-complementary

#BC9FBE #B0BE9F #9FBEAC

monochromatic

#845B87 #A37BA5 #BC9FBE #D5C3D7 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BC9FBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BC9FBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FBE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FBE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.055 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbd1',
    500: '#bc9fbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fbe;
$custom-light: #d0bbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.129,
    "s": 19.255,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73812,
    "c": 0.05462,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FBE

secondary

#D8E1D8

accent

#9E484D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FBE

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

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