#BC86BC#BC86BC

#BC86BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.098 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC86BC
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 29.69, -20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 35.82, 325.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0821 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.098 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3404, 31.3737, 51.6033)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC86BC #86BC86

analogous

#A186BC #BC86BC #BC86A1

triadic

#BC86BC #BCBC86 #86BCBC

tetradic

#BC86BC #BCA186 #86BC86 #86A1BC

square

#BC86BC #BCA186 #86BC86 #86A1BC

split-complementary

#BC86BC #A1BC86 #86BCA1

monochromatic

#804780 #A65FA6 #BC86BC #D2ADD2 #E8D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC86BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BC86BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC86BC

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC86BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC86BC	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc86bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.098 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aad0',
    500: '#bc86bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc86bc;
$custom-light: #d1aad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc86bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69122,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC86BC

secondary

#C5D9C5

accent

#A73E3E

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC86BC

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

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