#BC8DBE#BC8DBE

#BC8DBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.088 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DBE
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(298, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 26.19, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 32.10, 324.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0719 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.088 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5572, 33.4599, 53.0799)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DBE #8FBE8D

analogous

#A48DBE #BC8DBE #BE8DA8

triadic

#BC8DBE #BEBC8D #8DBEBC

tetradic

#BC8DBE #BEA48D #8FBE8D #8DA8BE

square

#BC8DBE #BEA48D #8FBE8D #8DA8BE

split-complementary

#BC8DBE #A8BE8D #8DBEA4

monochromatic

#834C85 #A566A8 #BC8DBE #D3B4D4 #EADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DBE

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DBE	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF919E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.088 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed1',
    500: '#bc8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dbe;
$custom-light: #d0aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.551,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7045,
    "c": 0.08762,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DBE

secondary

#CCDCCB

accent

#A64044

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DBE

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

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