#BC8BCB#BC8BCB

#BC8BCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 318.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BCB
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(286, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 29.87, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 39.49, 319.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0786 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.106 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7496, 33.4693, 60.8019)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BCB #9ACB8B

analogous

#9C8BCB #BC8BCB #CB8BBA

triadic

#BC8BCB #CBBC8B #8BCBBC

tetradic

#BC8BCB #CB9C8B #9ACB8B #8BBACB

square

#BC8BCB #CB9C8B #9ACB8B #8BBACB

split-complementary

#BC8BCB #BACB8B #8BCB9C

monochromatic

#844498 #A461B8 #BC8BCB #D4B5DE #EDE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BCB

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BCB	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC92A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1addb',
    500: '#bc8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bcb;
$custom-light: #d1addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.938,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70613,
    "c": 0.10563,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BCB

secondary

#D4E3CF

accent

#B13452

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BCB

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

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