#BC8BC3#BC8BC3

#BC8BC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BC3
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(293, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(293, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, 28.27, -21.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 35.71, 322.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0764 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.097 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8208, 33.0978, 55.9100)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BC3 #92C38B

analogous

#A08BC3 #BC8BC3 #C38BAE

triadic

#BC8BC3 #C3BC8B #8BC3BC

tetradic

#BC8BC3 #C3A08B #92C38B #8BAEC3

square

#BC8BC3 #C3A08B #92C38B #8BAEC3

split-complementary

#BC8BC3 #AEC38B #8BC3A0

monochromatic

#83488B #A563AE #BC8BC3 #D3B3D8 #EBDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BC3

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BC3	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8698C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add5',
    500: '#bc8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bc3;
$custom-light: #d1add5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70287,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BC3

secondary

#CEDECC

accent

#AB3B49

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BC3

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

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