#BC85B5#BC85B5

#BC85B5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85B5
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 181)
HSL	hsl(308, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(308, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 28.93, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 33.46, 329.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0815 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.093 331)
XYZ	xyz(37.4664, 30.8040, 47.6793)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85B5 #85BC8C

analogous

#A785BC #BC85B5 #BC8599

triadic

#BC85B5 #B5BC85 #85B5BC

tetradic

#BC85B5 #BCA785 #85BC8C #8599BC

square

#BC85B5 #BCA785 #85BC8C #8599BC

split-complementary

#BC85B5 #99BC85 #85BCA7

monochromatic

#804679 #A65D9D #BC85B5 #D2ADCD #E7D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BC85B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BC85B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85B5

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85B5	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8392B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9cb',
    500: '#bc85b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85b5;
$custom-light: #d1a9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.636,
    "s": 29.101,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68674,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.30803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85B5

secondary

#C4D8C7

accent

#A84B3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85B5

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

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