#BC8BBC#BC8BBC

#BC8BBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.089 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BBC
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.99, 26.92, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.99, 32.52, 325.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0744 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.089 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0478, 32.7886, 51.8391)
Luminance	0.3279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BBC #8BBC8B

analogous

#A48BBC #BC8BBC #BC8BA4

triadic

#BC8BBC #BCBC8B #8BBCBC

tetradic

#BC8BBC #BCA48B #8BBC8B #8BA4BC

square

#BC8BBC #BCA48B #8BBC8B #8BA4BC

split-complementary

#BC8BBC #A4BC8B #8BBCA4

monochromatic

#824B82 #A664A6 #BC8BBC #D2B2D2 #E9D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BC8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BBC

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BBC	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.089 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0add0',
    500: '#bc8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bbc;
$custom-light: #d0add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 26.776,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70013,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BBC

secondary

#C9DAC9

accent

#A54040

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BBC

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

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