#BC8BC4#BC8BC4

#BC8BC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BC4
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(292, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(292, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, 28.47, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 36.17, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0767 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.098 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9342, 33.1432, 56.5075)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BC4 #93C48B

analogous

#9F8BC4 #BC8BC4 #C48BAF

triadic

#BC8BC4 #C4BC8B #8BC4BC

tetradic

#BC8BC4 #C49F8B #93C48B #8BAFC4

square

#BC8BC4 #C49F8B #93C48B #8BAFC4

split-complementary

#BC8BC4 #AFC48B #8BC49F

monochromatic

#83488D #A562AF #BC8BC4 #D3B4D9 #EBDCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BC4

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BC4	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8598C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE919F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add6',
    500: '#bc8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bc4;
$custom-light: #d1add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.579,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70327,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BC4

secondary

#CFDFCC

accent

#AB3A4A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BC4

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

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