#BC85B4#BC85B4

#BC85B4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.092 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85B4
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 180)
HSL	hsl(309, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(309, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, 28.75, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 33.04, 330.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0812 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.092 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3642, 30.7631, 47.1409)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85B4 #85BC8D

analogous

#A885BC #BC85B4 #BC8598

triadic

#BC85B4 #B4BC85 #85B4BC

tetradic

#BC85B4 #BCA885 #85BC8D #8598BC

square

#BC85B4 #BCA885 #85BC8D #8598BC

split-complementary

#BC85B4 #98BC85 #85BCA8

monochromatic

#804678 #A65D9C #BC85B4 #D2ADCC #E7D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#BC85B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#BC85B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85B4

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85B4	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.092 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9ca',
    500: '#bc85b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85b4;
$custom-light: #d1a9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.727,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68636,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85B4

secondary

#C4D8C7

accent

#A84D3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85B4

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

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