#BC8BC8#BC8BC8

#BC8BC8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BC8
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(288, 36%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 31%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 29.26, -24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 38.06, 320.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0778 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.102 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3956, 33.3277, 58.9373)
Luminance	0.3333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BC8 #97C88B

analogous

#9E8BC8 #BC8BC8 #C88BB6

triadic

#BC8BC8 #C8BC8B #8BC8BC

tetradic

#BC8BC8 #C89E8B #97C88B #8BB6C8

square

#BC8BC8 #C89E8B #97C88B #8BB6C8

split-complementary

#BC8BC8 #B6C88B #8BC89E

monochromatic

#844693 #A461B4 #BC8BC8 #D4B5DC #ECDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BC8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BC8

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BC8	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD92A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1add9',
    500: '#bc8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bc8;
$custom-light: #d1add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.197,
    "s": 35.673,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70489,
    "c": 0.10222,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BC8

secondary

#D1E1CE

accent

#AF374E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BC8

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

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