#BC8BCA#BC8BCA

#BC8BCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 318.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BCA
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(287, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(287, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 29.67, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 39.01, 319.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0784 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.104 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6309, 33.4218, 60.1764)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BCA #99CA8B

analogous

#9D8BCA #BC8BCA #CA8BB9

triadic

#BC8BCA #CABC8B #8BCABC

tetradic

#BC8BCA #CA9D8B #99CA8B #8BB9CA

square

#BC8BCA #CA9D8B #99CA8B #8BB9CA

split-complementary

#BC8BCA #B9CA8B #8BCA9D

monochromatic

#844596 #A461B7 #BC8BCA #D4B5DD #EDDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BCA

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BCA	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD92A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adda',
    500: '#bc8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bca;
$custom-light: #d1adda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 37.278,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BCA

secondary

#D3E2CE

accent

#B03551

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BCA

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

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