#BC85C7#BC85C7

#BC85C7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85C7
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 199)
HSL	hsl(290, 37%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(290, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 32.39, -25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 41.50, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0866 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.112 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4341, 31.5911, 58.0422)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85C7 #90C785

analogous

#9B85C7 #BC85C7 #C785B1

triadic

#BC85C7 #C7BC85 #85C7BC

tetradic

#BC85C7 #C79B85 #90C785 #85B1C7

square

#BC85C7 #C79B85 #90C785 #85B1C7

split-complementary

#BC85C7 #B1C785 #85C79B

monochromatic

#834290 #A55BB4 #BC85C7 #D3AFDA #EAD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC85C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BC85C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85C7

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85C7	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9d8',
    500: '#bc85c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85c7;
$custom-light: #d1a9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 37.079,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69396,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85C7

secondary

#CCDFC9

accent

#B0364A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85C7

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

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