#BC9FBF#BC9FBF

#BC9FBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.056 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FBF
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(294, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 16.38, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 20.59, 322.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0446 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.056 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5399, 39.2499, 54.6151)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FBF #A2BF9F

analogous

#AC9FBF #BC9FBF #BF9FB2

triadic

#BC9FBF #BFBC9F #9FBFBC

tetradic

#BC9FBF #BFAC9F #A2BF9F #9FB2BF

square

#BC9FBF #BFAC9F #A2BF9F #9FB2BF

split-complementary

#BC9FBF #B2BF9F #9FBFAC

monochromatic

#845B89 #A27AA7 #BC9FBF #D6C4D7 #EFE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC9FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#BC9FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FBF

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FBF	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.056 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbd2',
    500: '#bc9fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fbf;
$custom-light: #d0bbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.375,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73847,
    "c": 0.05573,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FBF

secondary

#D9E2D8

accent

#9E474F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141114

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FBF

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

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