#BC8BCD#BC8BCD

#BC8BCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BCD
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 30.28, -26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 40.46, 318.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0792 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.108 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9895, 33.5653, 62.0653)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BCD #9CCD8B

analogous

#9B8BCD #BC8BCD #CD8BBD

triadic

#BC8BCD #CDBC8B #8BCDBC

tetradic

#BC8BCD #CD9B8B #9CCD8B #8BBDCD

square

#BC8BCD #CD9B8B #9CCD8B #8BBDCD

split-complementary

#BC8BCD #BDCD8B #8BCD9B

monochromatic

#84439B #A360BB #BC8BCD #D5B6DF #EDE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BCD

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BCD	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC93A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1addc',
    500: '#bc8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bcd;
$custom-light: #d1addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.545,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70697,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BCD

secondary

#D5E4D0

accent

#B33354

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BCD

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

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