#BC8BCF#BC8BCF

#BC8BCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.110 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BCF
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 207)
HSL	hsl(283, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 32.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 30.69, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 41.43, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0797 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.11 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.2325, 33.6625, 63.3448)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BCF #9ECF8B

analogous

#9A8BCF #BC8BCF #CF8BC0

triadic

#BC8BCF #CFBC8B #8BCFBC

tetradic

#BC8BCF #CF9A8B #9ECF8B #8BC0CF

square

#BC8BCF #CF9A8B #9ECF8B #8BC0CF

split-complementary

#BC8BCF #C0CF8B #8BCF9A

monochromatic

#84419E #A360BD #BC8BCF #D5B6E1 #EEE2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8BCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC8BCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BCF

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BCF	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC93A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.110 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1adde',
    500: '#bc8bcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bcf;
$custom-light: #d1adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.235,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70782,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BCF

secondary

#D6E5D0

accent

#B53156

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BCF

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

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