#BC8BB4#BC8BB4

#BC8BB4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.081 H 332.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BB4
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(310, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(310, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 25.41, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 29.09, 330.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0718 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.081 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2092, 32.4532, 47.4225)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BB4 #8BBC93

analogous

#AC8BBC #BC8BB4 #BC8B9C

triadic

#BC8BB4 #B4BC8B #8BB4BC

tetradic

#BC8BB4 #BCAC8B #8BBC93 #8B9CBC

square

#BC8BB4 #BCAC8B #8BBC93 #8B9CBC

split-complementary

#BC8BB4 #9CBC8B #8BBCAC

monochromatic

#824B79 #A6649B #BC8BB4 #D2B2CD #E9D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BB4

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BB4	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)

#8A96B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.081 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adca',
    500: '#bc8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bb4;
$custom-light: #d0adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.796,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BB4

secondary

#C9DACC

accent

#A55140

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BB4

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

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