#BC83C8#BC83C8

#BC83C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.117 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC83C8
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 200)
HSL	hsl(290, 39%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(290, 35%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 34.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 33.69, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 43.27, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0899 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.117 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2793, 31.0952, 58.5652)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC83C8 #8FC883

analogous

#9A83C8 #BC83C8 #C883B2

triadic

#BC83C8 #C8BC83 #83C8BC

tetradic

#BC83C8 #C89A83 #8FC883 #83B2C8

square

#BC83C8 #C89A83 #8FC883 #83B2C8

split-complementary

#BC83C8 #B2C883 #83C89A

monochromatic

#834091 #A559B5 #BC83C8 #D3ADDB #EAD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC83C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BC83C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC83C8

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC83C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC83C8	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B93CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc83c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.117 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a8d9',
    500: '#bc83c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc83c8;
$custom-light: #d1a8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc83c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 38.547,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69094,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC83C8

secondary

#CCDFC8

accent

#B2344A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#140F14

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC83C8

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

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