#BC89C8#BC89C8

#BC89C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89C8
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 32%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 31.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.96, 30.37, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.96, 39.37, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0809 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.106 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1087, 32.7538, 58.8417)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89C8 #95C889

analogous

#9C89C8 #BC89C8 #C889B4

triadic

#BC89C8 #C8BC89 #89C8BC

tetradic

#BC89C8 #C89C89 #95C889 #89B4C8

square

#BC89C8 #C89C89 #95C889 #89B4C8

split-complementary

#BC89C8 #B4C889 #89C89C

monochromatic

#834492 #A45FB5 #BC89C8 #D4B3DB #EBDCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC89C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC89C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89C8

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89C8	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8297CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD90A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acd9',
    500: '#bc89c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89c8;
$custom-light: #d1acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 36.416,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70136,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89C8

secondary

#D0E1CC

accent

#AF364D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89C8

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

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