#BC8ACA#BC8ACA

#BC8ACA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ACA
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 31.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 30.22, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 39.67, 319.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0799 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.106 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4867, 33.1336, 60.1283)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ACA #98CA8A

analogous

#9C8ACA #BC8ACA #CA8AB8

triadic

#BC8ACA #CABC8A #8ACABC

tetradic

#BC8ACA #CA9C8A #98CA8A #8AB8CA

square

#BC8ACA #CA9C8A #98CA8A #8AB8CA

split-complementary

#BC8ACA #B8CA8A #8ACA9C

monochromatic

#844496 #A460B7 #BC8ACA #D4B4DD #ECDEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC8ACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC8ACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ACA

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ACA	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8298CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD91A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8aca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1acda',
    500: '#bc8aca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8aca;
$custom-light: #d1acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8aca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.875,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ACA

secondary

#D2E2CE

accent

#B13550

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ACA

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

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