#BC8DBA#BC8DBA

#BC8DBA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.083 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DBA
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 186)
HSL	hsl(303, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(303, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, 25.42, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 30.32, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0706 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.083 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1260, 33.2875, 50.8089)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DBA #8DBC8F

analogous

#A78DBC #BC8DBA #BC8DA3

triadic

#BC8DBA #BABC8D #8DBABC

tetradic

#BC8DBA #BCA78D #8DBC8F #8DA3BC

square

#BC8DBA #BCA78D #8DBC8F #8DA3BC

split-complementary

#BC8DBA #A3BC8D #8DBCA7

monochromatic

#824C80 #A566A3 #BC8DBA #D3B4D1 #E9DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC8DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC8DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DBA

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DBA	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.083 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aece',
    500: '#bc8dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dba;
$custom-light: #d0aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.553,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.08346,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DBA

secondary

#CADBCB

accent

#A54541

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DBA

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

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