#BC8CD0#BC8CD0

#BC8CD0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.110 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD0
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(282, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 30.34, -27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 41.27, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0785 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.11 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5006, 34.0024, 64.0392)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD0 #A0D08C

analogous

#9A8CD0 #BC8CD0 #D08CC2

triadic

#BC8CD0 #D0BC8C #8CD0BC

tetradic

#BC8CD0 #D09A8C #A0D08C #8CC2D0

square

#BC8CD0 #D09A8C #A0D08C #8CC2D0

split-complementary

#BC8CD0 #C2D08C #8CD09A

monochromatic

#8441A0 #A361BE #BC8CD0 #D5B7E2 #EFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD0

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD0	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829BD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB94A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.110 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aede',
    500: '#bc8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd0;
$custom-light: #d1aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.353,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71001,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD0

secondary

#D8E6D2

accent

#B53057

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD0

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

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