#BC8ABA#BC8ABA

#BC8ABA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.089 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ABA
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(302, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(302, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 27.09, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 32.30, 327.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0753 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.089 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6896, 32.4147, 50.6635)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ABA #8ABC8C

analogous

#A58ABC #BC8ABA #BC8AA1

triadic

#BC8ABA #BABC8A #8ABABC

tetradic

#BC8ABA #BCA58A #8ABC8C #8AA1BC

square

#BC8ABA #BCA58A #8ABC8C #8AA1BC

split-complementary

#BC8ABA #A1BC8A #8ABCA5

monochromatic

#814A7F #A663A3 #BC8ABA #D2B1D1 #E9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#BC8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ABA

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ABA	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.089 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acce',
    500: '#bc8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aba;
$custom-light: #d1acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.4,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69756,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ABA

secondary

#C8DAC9

accent

#A64440

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ABA

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

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