#BC88CC#BC88CC

#BC88CC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88CC
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 204)
HSL	hsl(286, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 31.73, -27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 41.93, 319.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0834 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.112 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4408, 32.6603, 61.2888)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88CC #98CC88

analogous

#9A88CC #BC88CC #CC88BA

triadic

#BC88CC #CCBC88 #88CCBC

tetradic

#BC88CC #CC9A88 #98CC88 #88BACC

square

#BC88CC #CC9A88 #98CC88 #88BACC

split-complementary

#BC88CC #BACC88 #88CC9A

monochromatic

#844198 #A45DBA #BC88CC #D4B3DE #ECDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC88CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BC88CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88CC

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88CC	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC90A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abdb',
    500: '#bc88cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88cc;
$custom-light: #d1abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70129,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88CC

secondary

#D2E3CD

accent

#B33251

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88CC

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

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