#BC87C8#BC87C8

#BC87C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.109 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87C8
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 33%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 32.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, 31.48, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 40.67, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0839 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.109 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8270, 32.1905, 58.7478)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87C8 #93C887

analogous

#9B87C8 #BC87C8 #C887B3

triadic

#BC87C8 #C8BC87 #87C8BC

tetradic

#BC87C8 #C89B87 #93C887 #87B3C8

square

#BC87C8 #C89B87 #93C887 #87B3C8

split-complementary

#BC87C8 #B3C887 #87C89B

monochromatic

#834392 #A55DB5 #BC87C8 #D3B1DB #EBDBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC87C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#BC87C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87C8

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87C8	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F96CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD8E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.109 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aad9',
    500: '#bc87c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87c8;
$custom-light: #d1aad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.923,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69785,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87C8

secondary

#CFE0CB

accent

#B0354C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87C8

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

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