#BC87CF#BC87CF

#BC87CF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC87CF
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 207)
HSL	hsl(284, 43%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 32.90, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 44.02, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0856 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.117 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6639, 32.5253, 63.1553)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC87CF #9ACF87

analogous

#9887CF #BC87CF #CF87BE

triadic

#BC87CF #CFBC87 #87CFBC

tetradic

#BC87CF #CF9887 #9ACF87 #87BECF

square

#BC87CF #CF9887 #9ACF87 #87BECF

split-complementary

#BC87CF #BECF87 #87CF98

monochromatic

#843F9D #A45BBE #BC87CF #D4B3E0 #EDDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC87CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC87CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC87CF

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC87CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC87CF	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)

#7D97D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC90A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc87cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aade',
    500: '#bc87cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc87cf;
$custom-light: #d1aade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc87cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.167,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70084,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC87CF

secondary

#D4E4CD

accent

#B63053

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC87CF

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

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