#BC9FCA#BC9FCA

#BC9FCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.069 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9FCA
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, 18.55, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 25.87, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0482 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.069 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7962, 39.7524, 61.2315)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9FCA #ADCA9F

analogous

#A69FCA #BC9FCA #CA9FC2

triadic

#BC9FCA #CABC9F #9FCABC

tetradic

#BC9FCA #CAA69F #ADCA9F #9FC2CA

square

#BC9FCA #CAA69F #ADCA9F #9FC2CA

split-complementary

#BC9FCA #C2CA9F #9FCAA6

monochromatic

#83559A #A078B4 #BC9FCA #D8C6E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BC9FCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BC9FCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9FCA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9FCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9FCA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9fca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.069 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bbda',
    500: '#bc9fca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9fca;
$custom-light: #d0bbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9fca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.465,
    "s": 28.859,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9FCA

secondary

#E0E8DD

accent

#A83E60

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9FCA

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

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