#BC8BC7#BC8BC7

#BC8BC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.101 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BC7
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(289, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 29.06, -23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 37.58, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0775 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.101 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2791, 33.2811, 58.3238)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BC7 #96C78B

analogous

#9E8BC7 #BC8BC7 #C78BB4

triadic

#BC8BC7 #C7BC8B #8BC7BC

tetradic

#BC8BC7 #C79E8B #96C78B #8BB4C7

square

#BC8BC7 #C79E8B #96C78B #8BB4C7

split-complementary

#BC8BC7 #B4C78B #8BC79E

monochromatic

#844691 #A462B3 #BC8BC7 #D4B4DB #ECDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC8BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC8BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BC7

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BC7	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD91A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.101 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add8',
    500: '#bc8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bc7;
$custom-light: #d1add8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70448,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BC7

secondary

#D1E1CD

accent

#AE384D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BC7

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

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