#BC81BD#BC81BD

#BC81BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.108 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC81BD
RGB	rgb(188, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(299, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 32.64, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 39.53, 325.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0901 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.108 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7737, 30.0673, 51.9481)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC81BD #82BD81

analogous

#9E81BD #BC81BD #BD81A0

triadic

#BC81BD #BDBC81 #81BDBC

tetradic

#BC81BD #BD9E81 #82BD81 #81A0BD

square

#BC81BD #BD9E81 #82BD81 #81A0BD

split-complementary

#BC81BD #A0BD81 #81BD9E

monochromatic

#7F4380 #A759A8 #BC81BD #D1A9D2 #E7D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BC81BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#BC81BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC81BD

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC81BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC81BD	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D90BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc81bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.108 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a6d1',
    500: '#bc81bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc81bd;
$custom-light: #d1a6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc81bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68291,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC81BD

secondary

#C2D8C2

accent

#AA3C3D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#140F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC81BD

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

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