#BC87BC#BC87BC

#BC87BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.097 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87BC
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 28%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(300, 28%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, 29.14, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 35.16, 325.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0805 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.097 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4792, 31.6514, 51.6496)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87BC #87BC87

analogous

#A187BC #BC87BC #BC87A1

triadic

#BC87BC #BCBC87 #87BCBC

tetradic

#BC87BC #BCA187 #87BC87 #87A1BC

square

#BC87BC #BCA187 #87BC87 #87A1BC

split-complementary

#BC87BC #A1BC87 #87BCA1

monochromatic

#814881 #A660A6 #BC87BC #D2AED2 #E8D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC87BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BC87BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87BC

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87BC	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.097 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aad0',
    500: '#bc87bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87bc;
$custom-light: #d1aad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 28.342,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69299,
    "c": 0.09651,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87BC

secondary

#C6D9C6

accent

#A73F3F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87BC

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

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