#BC8BD3#BC8BD3

#BC8BD3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.115 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8BD3
RGB	rgb(188, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 31.51, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 43.39, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0807 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.115 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7277, 33.8606, 65.9530)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8BD3 #A2D38B

analogous

#988BD3 #BC8BD3 #D38BC6

triadic

#BC8BD3 #D3BC8B #8BD3BC

tetradic

#BC8BD3 #D3988B #A2D38B #8BC6D3

square

#BC8BD3 #D3988B #A2D38B #8BC6D3

split-complementary

#BC8BD3 #C6D38B #8BD398

monochromatic

#843FA5 #A25FC2 #BC8BD3 #D6B7E4 #EFE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC8BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC8BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8BD3

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8BD3	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB94A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.115 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ade0',
    500: '#bc8bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8bd3;
$custom-light: #d1ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70954,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8BD3

secondary

#D9E8D2

accent

#B82D5A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8BD3

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

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