#BC8CD3#BC8CD3

#BC8CD3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD3
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 30.96, -29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 42.74, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0792 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.113 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.8731, 34.1515, 66.0014)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD3 #A3D38C

analogous

#998CD3 #BC8CD3 #D38CC7

triadic

#BC8CD3 #D3BC8C #8CD3BC

tetradic

#BC8CD3 #D3998C #A3D38C #8CC7D3

square

#BC8CD3 #D3998C #A3D38C #8CC7D3

split-complementary

#BC8CD3 #C7D38C #8CD399

monochromatic

#843FA5 #A260C2 #BC8CD3 #D6B8E4 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD3

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD3	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee0',
    500: '#bc8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd3;
$custom-light: #d1aee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.563,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71129,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD3

secondary

#DAE8D3

accent

#B82E5A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD3

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

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