#BC87CD#BC87CD

#BC87CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87CD
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 32.49, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 43.06, 318.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0851 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.115 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4209, 32.4281, 61.8757)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87CD #98CD87

analogous

#9987CD #BC87CD #CD87BB

triadic

#BC87CD #CDBC87 #87CDBC

tetradic

#BC87CD #CD9987 #98CD87 #87BBCD

square

#BC87CD #CD9987 #98CD87 #87BBCD

split-complementary

#BC87CD #BBCD87 #87CD99

monochromatic

#84409A #A45CBB #BC87CD #D4B2DF #ECDDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC87CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC87CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87CD

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87CD	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aadc',
    500: '#bc87cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87cd;
$custom-light: #d1aadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.429,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69998,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87CD

secondary

#D2E3CD

accent

#B43151

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87CD

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

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