#BC8ABC#BC8ABC

#BC8ABC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.091 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ABC
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 27.47, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 33.18, 325.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0759 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.091 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9037, 32.5004, 51.7911)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ABC #8ABC8A

analogous

#A38ABC #BC8ABC #BC8AA3

triadic

#BC8ABC #BCBC8A #8ABCBC

tetradic

#BC8ABC #BCA38A #8ABC8A #8AA3BC

square

#BC8ABC #BCA38A #8ABC8A #8AA3BC

split-complementary

#BC8ABC #A3BC8A #8ABCA3

monochromatic

#814A81 #A663A6 #BC8ABC #D2B1D2 #E9D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ABC

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ABC	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.091 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acd0',
    500: '#bc8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8abc;
$custom-light: #d1acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ABC

secondary

#C8DAC8

accent

#A64040

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ABC

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

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