#BC89CD#BC89CD

#BC89CD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC89CD
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 33.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 31.38, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 41.76, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0822 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.111 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7026, 32.9914, 61.9696)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC89CD #9ACD89

analogous

#9A89CD #BC89CD #CD89BC

triadic

#BC89CD #CDBC89 #89CDBC

tetradic

#BC89CD #CD9A89 #9ACD89 #89BCCD

square

#BC89CD #CD9A89 #9ACD89 #89BCCD

split-complementary

#BC89CD #BCCD89 #89CD9A

monochromatic

#84419A #A45EBB #BC89CD #D4B4DF #EDDFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC89CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BC89CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC89CD

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC89CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC89CD	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC91A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc89cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acdc',
    500: '#bc89cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc89cd;
$custom-light: #d1acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc89cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70346,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC89CD

secondary

#D4E4CE

accent

#B43252

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC89CD

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

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