#BC88CD#BC88CD

#BC88CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC88CD
RGB	rgb(188, 136, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 33.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.92, 31.94, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.92, 42.41, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0837 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.113 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5611, 32.7084, 61.9224)
Luminance	0.3271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC88CD #99CD88

analogous

#9A88CD #BC88CD #CD88BC

triadic

#BC88CD #CDBC88 #88CDBC

tetradic

#BC88CD #CD9A88 #99CD88 #88BCCD

square

#BC88CD #CD9A88 #99CD88 #88BCCD

split-complementary

#BC88CD #BCCD88 #88CD9A

monochromatic

#84419A #A45DBB #BC88CD #D4B3DF #EDDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC88CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#BC88CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC88CD

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC88CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC88CD	1.00	2.78	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC90A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc88cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 136, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1abdc',
    500: '#bc88cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc88cd;
$custom-light: #d1abdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc88cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.217,
    "s": 40.828,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70172,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC88CD

secondary

#D3E3CD

accent

#B43252

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC88CD

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

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