#BC88BD#BC88BD

#BC88BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.096 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC88BD
RGBrgb(188, 136, 189)
HSLhsl(299, 29%, 64%)
HSVhsv(299, 28%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0.5%, 28%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(63.32, 28.77, -19.83)
CIE-LCHlch(63.32, 34.95, 325.42°)
OKLaboklab(69.52% 0.0793 -0.0536)
OKLCHoklch(69.52% 0.096 325.9)
XYZxyz(38.7276, 31.9750, 52.2660)
Luminance0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC88BD #89BD88
analogous
#A188BD #BC88BD #BD88A3
triadic
#BC88BD #BDBC88 #88BDBC
tetradic
#BC88BD #BDA188 #89BD88 #88A3BD
square
#BC88BD #BDA188 #89BD88 #88A3BD
split-complementary
#BC88BD #A3BD88 #88BDA1
monochromatic
#814882 #A661A7 #BC88BD #D2AFD3 #E8D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84
#BC88BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39
#BC88BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88BD
7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC88BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC88BD1.002.847.397.39
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3921.001.001.00
##0000007.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8495BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#909CBB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BF8D9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc88bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.096 325.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abd1',
    500: '#bc88bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc88bd;
$custom-light: #d1abd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc88bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.868,
    "s": 28.649,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69515,
    "c": 0.09572,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC88BD
secondary
#C7DAC7
accent
#A73E40
background
#FCFAFC
surface
#F9F4F9
border
#D2CED2
text
#141014
muted
#827F82

Preview Lab

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#BC88BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva