#BC85CE#BC85CE

#BC85CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC85CE
RGB	rgb(188, 133, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 35.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 33.80, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 44.83, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0884 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.12 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2656, 31.9237, 62.4213)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC85CE #97CE85

analogous

#9885CE #BC85CE #CE85BC

triadic

#BC85CE #CEBC85 #85CEBC

tetradic

#BC85CE #CE9885 #97CE85 #85BCCE

square

#BC85CE #CE9885 #97CE85 #85BCCE

split-complementary

#BC85CE #BCCE85 #85CE98

monochromatic

#843E9B #A459BC #BC85CE #D4B1E0 #ECDCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC85CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BC85CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC85CE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC85CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC85CE	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B96D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc85ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 133, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a9dd',
    500: '#bc85ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc85ce;
$custom-light: #d1a9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc85ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.205,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69696,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC85CE

secondary

#D1E3CC

accent

#B63051

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC85CE

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

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