#BC8BBB#BC8BBB

#BC8BBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.088 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BBB
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(301, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 26.73, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 32.08, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0741 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.088 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9404, 32.7456, 51.2734)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BBB #8BBC8C

analogous

#A58BBC #BC8BBB #BC8BA3

triadic

#BC8BBB #BBBC8B #8BBBBC

tetradic

#BC8BBB #BCA58B #8BBC8C #8BA3BC

square

#BC8BBB #BCA58B #8BBC8C #8BA3BC

split-complementary

#BC8BBB #A3BC8B #8BBCA5

monochromatic

#824B81 #A664A4 #BC8BBB #D2B2D2 #E9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC8BBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC8BBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BBB

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BBB	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.088 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0adcf',
    500: '#bc8bbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bbb;
$custom-light: #d0adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.224,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69974,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BBB

secondary

#C9DAC9

accent

#A54240

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BBB

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

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