#BC85CD#BC85CD

#BC85CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 318.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85CD
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 35.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 33.59, -28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 44.35, 319.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0881 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.119 318)
XYZ	xyz(40.1445, 31.8752, 61.7836)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85CD #96CD85

analogous

#9885CD #BC85CD #CD85BA

triadic

#BC85CD #CDBC85 #85CDBC

tetradic

#BC85CD #CD9885 #96CD85 #85BACD

square

#BC85CD #CD9885 #96CD85 #85BACD

split-complementary

#BC85CD #BACD85 #85CD98

monochromatic

#843F99 #A45ABB #BC85CD #D4B0DF #ECDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC85CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BC85CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85CD

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85CD	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B95D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9dc',
    500: '#bc85cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85cd;
$custom-light: #d1a9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.833,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.31874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85CD

secondary

#D1E3CB

accent

#B53150

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85CD

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

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