#BC8DC2#BC8DC2

#BC8DC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.092 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DC2
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(293, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 26.96, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 33.93, 322.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0731 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.092 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0003, 33.6372, 55.4140)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DC2 #93C28D

analogous

#A18DC2 #BC8DC2 #C28DAD

triadic

#BC8DC2 #C2BC8D #8DC2BC

tetradic

#BC8DC2 #C2A18D #93C28D #8DADC2

square

#BC8DC2 #C2A18D #93C28D #8DADC2

split-complementary

#BC8DC2 #ADC28D #8DC2A1

monochromatic

#834A8A #A565AD #BC8DC2 #D3B5D7 #EBDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DC2

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DC2	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8899C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE92A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.092 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd4',
    500: '#bc8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dc2;
$custom-light: #d0afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.208,
    "s": 30.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70606,
    "c": 0.09194,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DC2

secondary

#CFDECD

accent

#A93D49

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DC2

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

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