#BC86C8#BC86C8

#BC86C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC86C8
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 38%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(289, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 33%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 32.03, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 41.32, 320.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% 0.0854 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.111 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6881, 31.9128, 58.7015)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC86C8 #92C886

analogous

#9B86C8 #BC86C8 #C886B3

triadic

#BC86C8 #C8BC86 #86C8BC

tetradic

#BC86C8 #C89B86 #92C886 #86B3C8

square

#BC86C8 #C89B86 #92C886 #86B3C8

split-complementary

#BC86C8 #B3C886 #86C89B

monochromatic

#834291 #A55CB5 #BC86C8 #D3B0DB #EBDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC86C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BC86C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC86C8

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC86C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC86C8	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)

#7E95CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc86c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aad9',
    500: '#bc86c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc86c8;
$custom-light: #d1aad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc86c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69611,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC86C8

secondary

#CEE0CA

accent

#B0354C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC86C8

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

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