#BC8BB6#BC8BB6

#BC8BB6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.083 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BB6
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(307, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(307, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 25.78, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 29.93, 329.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0725 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.083 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4144, 32.5353, 48.5033)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BB6 #8BBC91

analogous

#AA8BBC #BC8BB6 #BC8B9E

triadic

#BC8BB6 #B6BC8B #8BB6BC

tetradic

#BC8BB6 #BCAA8B #8BBC91 #8B9EBC

square

#BC8BB6 #BCAA8B #8BBC91 #8B9EBC

split-complementary

#BC8BB6 #9EBC8B #8BBCAA

monochromatic

#824B7B #A6649E #BC8BB6 #D2B2CE #E9D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BC8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BB6

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BB6	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.083 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcc',
    500: '#bc8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bb6;
$custom-light: #d0adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.347,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69787,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BB6

secondary

#C9DACB

accent

#A54D40

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BB6

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

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