#BC8DCA#BC8DCA

#BC8DCA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.101 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DCA
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 202)
HSL	hsl(286, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 30.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 28.56, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 37.70, 319.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0754 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.101 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9231, 34.0063, 60.2738)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DCA #9BCA8D

analogous

#9E8DCA #BC8DCA #CA8DB9

triadic

#BC8DCA #CABC8D #8DCABC

tetradic

#BC8DCA #CA9E8D #9BCA8D #8DB9CA

square

#BC8DCA #CA9E8D #9BCA8D #8DB9CA

split-complementary

#BC8DCA #B9CA8D #8DCA9E

monochromatic

#844697 #A363B7 #BC8DCA #D5B7DD #EDE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC8DCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC8DCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DCA

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DCA	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.101 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afda',
    500: '#bc8dca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dca;
$custom-light: #d1afda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.23,
    "s": 36.527,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70927,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DCA

secondary

#D4E3D0

accent

#AF3652

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DCA

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

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