#BC8DC6#BC8DC6

#BC8DC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.096 H 320.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DC6
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(289, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(289, 29%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 27.75, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 35.80, 320.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0742 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.096 320.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4556, 33.8193, 57.8118)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DC6 #97C68D

analogous

#A08DC6 #BC8DC6 #C68DB4

triadic

#BC8DC6 #C6BC8D #8DC6BC

tetradic

#BC8DC6 #C6A08D #97C68D #8DB4C6

square

#BC8DC6 #C6A08D #97C68D #8DB4C6

split-complementary

#BC8DC6 #B4C68D #8DC6A0

monochromatic

#844890 #A464B2 #BC8DC6 #D4B6DA #ECDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DC6

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DC6	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD93A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.096 320.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd7',
    500: '#bc8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dc6;
$custom-light: #d1afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.474,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 320.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DC6

secondary

#D1E1CE

accent

#AC394E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DC6

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

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