#BC8ABB#BC8ABB

#BC8ABB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.090 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ABB
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(301, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 27.28, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 32.74, 326.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0756 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.09 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7963, 32.4574, 51.2253)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ABB #8ABC8B

analogous

#A48ABC #BC8ABB #BC8AA2

triadic

#BC8ABB #BBBC8A #8ABBBC

tetradic

#BC8ABB #BCA48A #8ABC8B #8AA2BC

square

#BC8ABB #BCA48A #8ABC8B #8AA2BC

split-complementary

#BC8ABB #A2BC8A #8ABCA4

monochromatic

#814A80 #A663A4 #BC8ABB #D2B1D2 #E9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ABB

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ABB	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.090 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1accf',
    500: '#bc8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8abb;
$custom-light: #d1accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.2,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69795,
    "c": 0.08999,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ABB

secondary

#C8DAC8

accent

#A64240

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ABB

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

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