#BC8ACE#BC8ACE

#BC8ACE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ACE
RGB	rgb(188, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(284, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 31.03, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 41.59, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0809 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.111 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9665, 33.3255, 62.6550)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ACE #9CCE8A

analogous

#9A8ACE #BC8ACE #CE8ABE

triadic

#BC8ACE #CEBC8A #8ACEBC

tetradic

#BC8ACE #CE9A8A #9CCE8A #8ABECE

square

#BC8ACE #CE9A8A #9CCE8A #8ABECE

split-complementary

#BC8ACE #BECE8A #8ACE9A

monochromatic

#84419C #A35FBC #BC8ACE #D5B5E0 #EDE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ACE

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ACE	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8099D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC92A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1addd',
    500: '#bc8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ace;
$custom-light: #d1addd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.118,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70564,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ACE

secondary

#D5E5CF

accent

#B43154

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ACE

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

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