#BC8BBD#BC8BBD

#BC8BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.090 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BBD
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(299, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 27.11, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 32.97, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0747 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.09 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1560, 32.8319, 52.4088)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BBD #8CBD8B

analogous

#A38BBD #BC8BBD #BD8BA5

triadic

#BC8BBD #BDBC8B #8BBDBC

tetradic

#BC8BBD #BDA38B #8CBD8B #8BA5BD

square

#BC8BBD #BDA38B #8CBD8B #8BA5BD

split-complementary

#BC8BBD #A5BD8B #8BBDA3

monochromatic

#824B83 #A564A7 #BC8BBD #D3B2D3 #E9D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BC8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BBD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BBD	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF8F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.090 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add1',
    500: '#bc8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bbd;
$custom-light: #d1add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70051,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BBD

secondary

#CADBC9

accent

#A63F41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BBD

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

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