#BC8CC0#BC8CC0

#BC8CC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.092 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CC0
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 192)
HSL	hsl(295, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(295, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 27.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 27.13, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 33.67, 323.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.074 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.092 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6305, 33.2544, 54.1901)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CC0 #90C08C

analogous

#A28CC0 #BC8CC0 #C08CAA

triadic

#BC8CC0 #C0BC8C #8CC0BC

tetradic

#BC8CC0 #C0A28C #90C08C #8CAAC0

square

#BC8CC0 #C0A28C #90C08C #8CAAC0

split-complementary

#BC8CC0 #AAC08C #8CC0A2

monochromatic

#834A87 #A564AA #BC8CC0 #D3B4D6 #EADBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC8CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BC8CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CC0

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CC0	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.092 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed3',
    500: '#bc8cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cc0;
$custom-light: #d0aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 29.213,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70348,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CC0

secondary

#CCDDCB

accent

#A83E46

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CC0

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

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