#BC8CD2#BC8CD2

#BC8CD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.112 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD2
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 30.75, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 42.25, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.079 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.112 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7482, 34.1015, 65.3433)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD2 #A2D28C

analogous

#998CD2 #BC8CD2 #D28CC5

triadic

#BC8CD2 #D2BC8C #8CD2BC

tetradic

#BC8CD2 #D2998C #A2D28C #8CC5D2

square

#BC8CD2 #D2998C #A2D28C #8CC5D2

split-complementary

#BC8CD2 #C5D28C #8CD299

monochromatic

#8440A4 #A260C1 #BC8CD2 #D6B8E3 #EFE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC8CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC8CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD2

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD2	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.112 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee0',
    500: '#bc8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd2;
$custom-light: #d1aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71086,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD2

secondary

#D9E7D2

accent

#B72F59

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD2

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

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