#BC8BC2#BC8BC2

#BC8BC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BC2
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 31%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(293, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 28.08, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 35.24, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0761 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.096 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7081, 33.0527, 55.3166)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BC2 #91C28B

analogous

#A18BC2 #BC8BC2 #C28BAC

triadic

#BC8BC2 #C2BC8B #8BC2BC

tetradic

#BC8BC2 #C2A18B #91C28B #8BACC2

square

#BC8BC2 #C2A18B #91C28B #8BACC2

split-complementary

#BC8BC2 #ACC28B #8BC2A1

monochromatic

#83498A #A563AD #BC8BC2 #D3B3D7 #EADBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BC8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BC2

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BC2	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add4',
    500: '#bc8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bc2;
$custom-light: #d1add4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.455,
    "s": 31.073,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BC2

secondary

#CDDECB

accent

#AA3C48

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BC2

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

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