#BC8CD1#BC8CD1

#BC8CD1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD1
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(282, 43%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 30.54, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 41.76, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0787 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.111 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6240, 34.0518, 64.6892)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD1 #A1D18C

analogous

#998CD1 #BC8CD1 #D18CC3

triadic

#BC8CD1 #D1BC8C #8CD1BC

tetradic

#BC8CD1 #D1998C #A1D18C #8CC3D1

square

#BC8CD1 #D1998C #A1D18C #8CC3D1

split-complementary

#BC8CD1 #C3D18C #8CD199

monochromatic

#8441A2 #A360C0 #BC8CD1 #D5B8E2 #EFE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC8CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC8CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD1

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD1	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829BD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aedf',
    500: '#bc8cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd1;
$custom-light: #d1aedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD1

secondary

#D8E7D2

accent

#B63058

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD1

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

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