#BC8BC6#BC8BC6

#BC8BC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BC6
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 198)
HSL	hsl(290, 34%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 28.87, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 37.11, 321.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0773 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.1 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1634, 33.2348, 57.7144)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BC6 #95C68B

analogous

#9E8BC6 #BC8BC6 #C68BB2

triadic

#BC8BC6 #C6BC8B #8BC6BC

tetradic

#BC8BC6 #C69E8B #95C68B #8BB2C6

square

#BC8BC6 #C69E8B #95C68B #8BB2C6

split-complementary

#BC8BC6 #B2C68B #8BC69E

monochromatic

#834790 #A462B2 #BC8BC6 #D4B4DA #EBDDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC8BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BC8BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BC6

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BC6	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8599C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD91A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add7',
    500: '#bc8bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bc6;
$custom-light: #d1add7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.831,
    "s": 34.104,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70408,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BC6

secondary

#D0E0CD

accent

#AD394C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BC6

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

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