#BC8CD4#BC8CD4

#BC8CD4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8CD4
RGB	rgb(188, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(280, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 31.17, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 43.23, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0795 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.114 314)
XYZ	xyz(41.9989, 34.2018, 66.6637)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8CD4 #A4D48C

analogous

#988CD4 #BC8CD4 #D48CC8

triadic

#BC8CD4 #D4BC8C #8CD4BC

tetradic

#BC8CD4 #D4988C #A4D48C #8CC8D4

square

#BC8CD4 #D4988C #A4D48C #8CC8D4

split-complementary

#BC8CD4 #C8D48C #8CD498

monochromatic

#843EA7 #A25FC3 #BC8CD4 #D6B9E5 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8CD4

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8CD4	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819BD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA95A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1aee1',
    500: '#bc8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8cd4;
$custom-light: #d1aee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71173,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.34201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8CD4

secondary

#DAE8D3

accent

#B92D5B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8CD4

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

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