#BC85C8#BC85C8

#BC85C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.113 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85C8
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(289, 34%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 32.59, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 41.97, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0869 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.113 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5506, 31.6377, 58.6556)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85C8 #91C885

analogous

#9A85C8 #BC85C8 #C885B2

triadic

#BC85C8 #C8BC85 #85C8BC

tetradic

#BC85C8 #C89A85 #91C885 #85B2C8

square

#BC85C8 #C89A85 #91C885 #85B2C8

split-complementary

#BC85C8 #B2C885 #85C89A

monochromatic

#834191 #A55BB5 #BC85C8 #D3AFDB #EAD9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC85C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BC85C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85C8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85C8	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D95CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.113 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9d9',
    500: '#bc85c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85c8;
$custom-light: #d1a9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.254,
    "s": 37.853,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69438,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85C8

secondary

#CDE0C9

accent

#B1354B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85C8

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

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