#BC8BCC#BC8BCC

#BC8BCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.107 H 317.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BCC
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(285, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 30.07, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 39.97, 318.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0789 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.107 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8692, 33.5172, 61.4316)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BCC #9BCC8B

analogous

#9C8BCC #BC8BCC #CC8BBB

triadic

#BC8BCC #CCBC8B #8BCCBC

tetradic

#BC8BCC #CC9C8B #9BCC8B #8BBBCC

square

#BC8BCC #CC9C8B #9BCC8B #8BBBCC

split-complementary

#BC8BCC #BBCC8B #8BCC9C

monochromatic

#844399 #A360B9 #BC8BCC #D5B6DF #EDE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC8BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC8BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BCC

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BCC	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8299CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.107 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1addb',
    500: '#bc8bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bcc;
$custom-light: #d1addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.231,
    "s": 38.922,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BCC

secondary

#D4E4CF

accent

#B23453

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BCC

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

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