#BC8BB5#BC8BB5

#BC8BB5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.082 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BB5
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(309, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(309, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 25.60, -14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 29.51, 330.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0722 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.082 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3115, 32.4941, 47.9610)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BB5 #8BBC92

analogous

#AB8BBC #BC8BB5 #BC8B9D

triadic

#BC8BB5 #B5BC8B #8BB5BC

tetradic

#BC8BB5 #BCAB8B #8BBC92 #8B9DBC

square

#BC8BB5 #BCAB8B #8BBC92 #8B9DBC

split-complementary

#BC8BB5 #9DBC8B #8BBCAB

monochromatic

#824B7A #A6649C #BC8BB5 #D2B2CE #E9D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BB5

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BB5	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)

#8A96B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.082 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcb',
    500: '#bc8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bb5;
$custom-light: #d0adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6975,
    "c": 0.08219,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BB5

secondary

#C9DACB

accent

#A54F40

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BB5

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

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