#BC87CE#BC87CE

#BC87CE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87CE
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 32.69, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 43.54, 318.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0854 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.116 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5420, 32.4765, 62.5135)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87CE #99CE87

analogous

#9987CE #BC87CE #CE87BD

triadic

#BC87CE #CEBC87 #87CEBC

tetradic

#BC87CE #CE9987 #99CE87 #87BDCE

square

#BC87CE #CE9987 #99CE87 #87BDCE

split-complementary

#BC87CE #BDCE87 #87CE99

monochromatic

#843F9B #A45CBC #BC87CE #D4B2E0 #EDDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC87CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC87CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87CE

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87CE	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D97D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC90A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aadd',
    500: '#bc87ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87ce;
$custom-light: #d1aadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.789,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70041,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87CE

secondary

#D3E4CD

accent

#B53052

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87CE

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

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