#BC85B3#BC85B3

#BC85B3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.091 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85B3
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 179)
HSL	hsl(310, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(310, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 28.56, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 32.63, 331.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0809 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.091 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2627, 30.7225, 46.6063)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85B3 #85BC8E

analogous

#A985BC #BC85B3 #BC8597

triadic

#BC85B3 #B3BC85 #85B3BC

tetradic

#BC85B3 #BCA985 #85BC8E #8597BC

square

#BC85B3 #BCA985 #85BC8E #8597BC

split-complementary

#BC85B3 #97BC85 #85BCA9

monochromatic

#804677 #A65D9A #BC85B3 #D2ADCC #E7D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC85B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#BC85B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85B3

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85B3	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.091 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9c9',
    500: '#bc85b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85b3;
$custom-light: #d1a9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.818,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68599,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85B3

secondary

#C4D8C8

accent

#A84F3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85B3

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

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