#BC8DBD#BC8DBD

#BC8DBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.087 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DBD
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(299, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 26.00, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 31.65, 325.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0716 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.087 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4482, 33.4164, 52.5062)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DBD #8EBD8D

analogous

#A48DBD #BC8DBD #BD8DA6

triadic

#BC8DBD #BDBC8D #8DBDBC

tetradic

#BC8DBD #BDA48D #8EBD8D #8DA6BD

square

#BC8DBD #BDA48D #8EBD8D #8DA6BD

split-complementary

#BC8DBD #A6BD8D #8DBDA4

monochromatic

#824C83 #A566A7 #BC8DBD #D3B4D3 #EADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DBD

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DBD	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.087 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed1',
    500: '#bc8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dbd;
$custom-light: #d0aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.75,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70412,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DBD

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A54042

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DBD

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

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