#BC8BB9#BC8BB9

#BC8BB9 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.086 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BB9
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(304, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(304, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 26.35, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 31.21, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0734 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.086 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7278, 32.6606, 50.1536)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BB9 #8BBC8E

analogous

#A78BBC #BC8BB9 #BC8BA1

triadic

#BC8BB9 #B9BC8B #8BB9BC

tetradic

#BC8BB9 #BCA78B #8BBC8E #8BA1BC

square

#BC8BB9 #BCA78B #8BBC8E #8BA1BC

split-complementary

#BC8BB9 #A1BC8B #8BBCA7

monochromatic

#824B7E #A664A2 #BC8BB9 #D2B2D0 #E9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BC8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BB9

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BB9	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.086 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adce',
    500: '#bc8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bb9;
$custom-light: #d0adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.673,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69899,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BB9

secondary

#C9DACA

accent

#A54640

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BB9

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

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