#BC88CB#BC88CB

#BC88CB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.111 H 318.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88CB
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 203)
HSL	hsl(287, 39%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 33%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 31.53, -26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 41.45, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0831 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.111 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3212, 32.6125, 60.6591)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88CB #97CB88

analogous

#9B88CB #BC88CB #CB88B9

triadic

#BC88CB #CBBC88 #88CBBC

tetradic

#BC88CB #CB9B88 #97CB88 #88B9CB

square

#BC88CB #CB9B88 #97CB88 #88B9CB

split-complementary

#BC88CB #B9CB88 #88CB9B

monochromatic

#844297 #A45DB8 #BC88CB #D4B3DE #ECDDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC88CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC88CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88CB

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88CB	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC90A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.111 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abdb',
    500: '#bc88cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88cb;
$custom-light: #d1abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 39.181,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70086,
    "c": 0.11098,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88CB

secondary

#D1E2CD

accent

#B23350

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88CB

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

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