#BC8DB7#BC8DB7

#BC8DB7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.080 H 330.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DB7
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 183)
HSL	hsl(306, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(306, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 24.86, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 29.03, 328.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0697 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.08 330)
XYZ	xyz(38.8104, 33.1612, 49.1469)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DB7 #8DBC92

analogous

#AA8DBC #BC8DB7 #BC8DA0

triadic

#BC8DB7 #B7BC8D #8DB7BC

tetradic

#BC8DB7 #BCAA8D #8DBC92 #8DA0BC

square

#BC8DB7 #BCAA8D #8DBC92 #8DA0BC

split-complementary

#BC8DB7 #A0BC8D #8DBCAA

monochromatic

#824C7C #A5669F #BC8DB7 #D3B4CF #E9DAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC8DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC8DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DB7

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DB7	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.080 330.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aecc',
    500: '#bc8db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8db7;
$custom-light: #d0aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.383,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70187,
    "c": 0.08045,
    "h": 330
  },
  "luminance": 0.3316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DB7

secondary

#CADBCC

accent

#A54C41

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DB7

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

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