#BC85BD#BC85BD

#BC85BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.101 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85BD
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(299, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 30.43, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 36.92, 325.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0839 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.101 326)
XYZ	xyz(38.3110, 31.1418, 52.1271)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85BD #86BD85

analogous

#A085BD #BC85BD #BD85A2

triadic

#BC85BD #BDBC85 #85BDBC

tetradic

#BC85BD #BDA085 #86BD85 #85A2BD

square

#BC85BD #BDA085 #86BD85 #85A2BD

split-complementary

#BC85BD #A2BD85 #85BDA0

monochromatic

#804682 #A65DA8 #BC85BD #D2ADD2 #E8D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC85BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#BC85BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85BD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85BD	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8193BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.101 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9d1',
    500: '#bc85bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85bd;
$custom-light: #d1a9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.929,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68986,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.31141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85BD

secondary

#C5D9C5

accent

#A83D3F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85BD

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

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