#BC8BB7#BC8BB7

#BC8BB7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.084 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BB7
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(306, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(306, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 25.97, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 30.35, 328.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0728 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.084 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5182, 32.5767, 49.0495)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BB7 #8BBC90

analogous

#A98BBC #BC8BB7 #BC8B9F

triadic

#BC8BB7 #B7BC8B #8BB7BC

tetradic

#BC8BB7 #BCA98B #8BBC90 #8B9FBC

square

#BC8BB7 #BCA98B #8BBC90 #8B9FBC

split-complementary

#BC8BB7 #9FBC8B #8BBCA9

monochromatic

#824B7C #A6649F #BC8BB7 #D2B2CF #E9D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC8BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC8BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BB7

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BB7	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.084 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcc',
    500: '#bc8bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bb7;
$custom-light: #d0adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.122,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BB7

secondary

#C9DACB

accent

#A54A40

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BB7

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

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