#BC86CD#BC86CD

#BC86CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.117 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC86CD
RGB	rgb(188, 134, 205)
HSL	hsl(286, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(286, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 34.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 33.04, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 43.71, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0866 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.117 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2820, 32.1503, 61.8294)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC86CD #97CD86

analogous

#9986CD #BC86CD #CD86BB

triadic

#BC86CD #CDBC86 #86CDBC

tetradic

#BC86CD #CD9986 #97CD86 #86BBCD

square

#BC86CD #CD9986 #97CD86 #86BBCD

split-complementary

#BC86CD #BBCD86 #86CD99

monochromatic

#843F99 #A45BBB #BC86CD #D4B1DF #ECDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC86CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC86CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC86CD

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC86CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC86CD	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C96D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc86cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 134, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.117 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aadc',
    500: '#bc86cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc86cd;
$custom-light: #d1aadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc86cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69825,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC86CD

secondary

#D1E3CC

accent

#B53150

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC86CD

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

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