#BC8CB8#BC8CB8

#BC8CB8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.083 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CB8
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(305, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(305, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, 25.60, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 30.11, 328.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0716 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.083 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7681, 32.9094, 49.6481)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CB8 #8CBC90

analogous

#A88CBC #BC8CB8 #BC8CA0

triadic

#BC8CB8 #B8BC8C #8CB8BC

tetradic

#BC8CB8 #BCA88C #8CBC90 #8CA0BC

square

#BC8CB8 #BCA88C #8CBC90 #8CA0BC

split-complementary

#BC8CB8 #A0BC8C #8CBCA8

monochromatic

#824C7D #A565A0 #BC8CB8 #D3B3D0 #E9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC8CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BC8CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CB8

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CB8	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C08F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.083 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aecd',
    500: '#bc8cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cb8;
$custom-light: #d0aecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70042,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CB8

secondary

#CADACB

accent

#A54941

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CB8

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

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