#BC8CC7#BC8CC7

#BC8CC7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.099 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CC7
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 199)
HSL	hsl(289, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 29.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 28.51, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 36.93, 320.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.076 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.099 320)
XYZ	xyz(40.4246, 33.5720, 58.3723)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CC7 #97C78C

analogous

#9F8CC7 #BC8CC7 #C78CB5

triadic

#BC8CC7 #C7BC8C #8CC7BC

tetradic

#BC8CC7 #C79F8C #97C78C #8CB5C7

square

#BC8CC7 #C79F8C #97C78C #8CB5C7

split-complementary

#BC8CC7 #B5C78C #8CC79F

monochromatic

#844792 #A463B3 #BC8CC7 #D4B5DB #ECDEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8CC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC8CC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CC7

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CC7	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)

#8599C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD92A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.099 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aed8',
    500: '#bc8cc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cc7;
$custom-light: #d1aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.814,
    "s": 34.503,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70626,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.33571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CC7

secondary

#D1E1CE

accent

#AD384E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CC7

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

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