#BC87BE#BC87BE

#BC87BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.099 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87BE
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 30%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(298, 29%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 29.52, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 36.05, 324.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0811 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.099 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6963, 31.7382, 52.7929)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87BE #89BE87

analogous

#A087BE #BC87BE #BE87A4

triadic

#BC87BE #BEBC87 #87BEBC

tetradic

#BC87BE #BEA087 #89BE87 #87A4BE

square

#BC87BE #BEA087 #89BE87 #87A4BE

split-complementary

#BC87BE #A4BE87 #87BEA0

monochromatic

#814783 #A65FA8 #BC87BE #D2AFD4 #E8D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC87BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BC87BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87BE

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87BE	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8395C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.099 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aad1',
    500: '#bc87be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87be;
$custom-light: #d1aad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.818,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69377,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87BE

secondary

#C7DAC7

accent

#A83D41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87BE

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

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