#BC9FC2#BC9FC2

#BC9FC2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.059 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FC2
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 194)
HSL	hsl(290, 22%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(290, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 18%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 16.96, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 21.99, 320.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0456 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.059 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8734, 39.3833, 56.3717)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FC2 #A5C29F

analogous

#AB9FC2 #BC9FC2 #C29FB7

triadic

#BC9FC2 #C2BC9F #9FC2BC

tetradic

#BC9FC2 #C2AB9F #A5C29F #9FB7C2

square

#BC9FC2 #C2AB9F #A5C29F #9FB7C2

split-complementary

#BC9FC2 #B7C29F #9FC2AB

monochromatic

#845A8D #A27AAA #BC9FC2 #D6C4DA #F0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BC9FC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BC9FC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FC2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FC2	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.059 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbd4',
    500: '#bc9fc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fc2;
$custom-light: #d0bbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.714,
    "s": 22.293,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73953,
    "c": 0.05912,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FC2

secondary

#DBE3D9

accent

#A14555

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FC2

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

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