#BC8DBC#BC8DBC

#BC8DBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.086 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DBC
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 25.80, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 31.20, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% 0.0713 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.086 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3401, 33.3731, 51.9365)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DBC #8DBC8D

analogous

#A58DBC #BC8DBC #BC8DA5

triadic

#BC8DBC #BCBC8D #8DBCBC

tetradic

#BC8DBC #BCA58D #8DBC8D #8DA5BC

square

#BC8DBC #BCA58D #8DBC8D #8DA5BC

split-complementary

#BC8DBC #A5BC8D #8DBCA5

monochromatic

#824C82 #A566A5 #BC8DBC #D3B4D3 #E9DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC8DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#BC8DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DBC

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DBC	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.086 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed0',
    500: '#bc8dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dbc;
$custom-light: #d0aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25.967,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70374,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DBC

secondary

#CADBCA

accent

#A54141

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DBC

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

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