#BC8ABE#BC8ABE

#BC8ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.093 H 325.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ABE
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(298, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 27.85, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 34.08, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0765 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.093 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1208, 32.5872, 52.9344)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ABE #8CBE8A

analogous

#A28ABE #BC8ABE #BE8AA6

triadic

#BC8ABE #BEBC8A #8ABEBC

tetradic

#BC8ABE #BEA28A #8CBE8A #8AA6BE

square

#BC8ABE #BEA28A #8CBE8A #8AA6BE

split-complementary

#BC8ABE #A6BE8A #8ABEA2

monochromatic

#824984 #A563A8 #BC8ABE #D3B1D4 #E9D9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ABE

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ABE	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.093 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acd1',
    500: '#bc8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8abe;
$custom-light: #d1acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69911,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ABE

secondary

#CADBC9

accent

#A73E42

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ABE

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

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