#BC8CCD#BC8CCD

#BC8CCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.106 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CCD
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 29.72, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 39.81, 318.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0777 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.106 317)
XYZ	xyz(41.1350, 33.8562, 62.1137)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CCD #9DCD8C

analogous

#9C8CCD #BC8CCD #CD8CBD

triadic

#BC8CCD #CDBC8C #8CCDBC

tetradic

#BC8CCD #CD9C8C #9DCD8C #8CBDCD

square

#BC8CCD #CD9C8C #9DCD8C #8CBDCD

split-complementary

#BC8CCD #BDCD8C #8CCD9C

monochromatic

#84439B #A361BA #BC8CCD #D5B7E0 #EEE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC8CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC8CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CCD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CCD	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)

#839AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.106 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aedc',
    500: '#bc8ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ccd;
$custom-light: #d1aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.308,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70874,
    "c": 0.10615,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.33855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CCD

secondary

#D6E4D0

accent

#B23354

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CCD

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

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