#BC8DC0#BC8DC0

#BC8DC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.090 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DC0
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 192)
HSL	hsl(295, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(295, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 26.57, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 33.00, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0725 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.09 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7772, 33.5480, 54.2390)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DC0 #91C08D

analogous

#A28DC0 #BC8DC0 #C08DAA

triadic

#BC8DC0 #C0BC8D #8DC0BC

tetradic

#BC8DC0 #C0A28D #91C08D #8DAAC0

square

#BC8DC0 #C0A28D #91C08D #8DAAC0

split-complementary

#BC8DC0 #AAC08D #8DC0A2

monochromatic

#834B88 #A566AA #BC8DC0 #D3B4D6 #EADCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC8DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DC0

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DC0	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.090 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0aed3',
    500: '#bc8dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dc0;
$custom-light: #d0aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.294,
    "s": 28.814,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DC0

secondary

#CDDDCC

accent

#A73E46

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DC0

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

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