#BC9FC3#BC9FC3

#BC9FC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.060 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FC3
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 195)
HSL	hsl(288, 23%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(288, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 17.16, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 22.46, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0459 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.06 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9861, 39.4284, 56.9651)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FC3 #A6C39F

analogous

#AA9FC3 #BC9FC3 #C39FB8

triadic

#BC9FC3 #C3BC9F #9FC3BC

tetradic

#BC9FC3 #C3AA9F #A6C39F #9FB8C3

square

#BC9FC3 #C3AA9F #A6C39F #9FB8C3

split-complementary

#BC9FC3 #B8C39F #9FC3AA

monochromatic

#84598F #A279AB #BC9FC3 #D6C5DB #F1EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BC9FC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BC9FC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FC3

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FC3	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1AAC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.060 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbd5',
    500: '#bc9fc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fc3;
$custom-light: #d0bbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.333,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.06027,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FC3

secondary

#DCE4DA

accent

#A24456

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FC3

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

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