#BC8DCB#BC8DCB

#BC8DCB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DCB
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 37%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 28.76, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 38.18, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0756 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.102 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0419, 34.0538, 60.8994)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DCB #9CCB8D

analogous

#9D8DCB #BC8DCB #CB8DBB

triadic

#BC8DCB #CBBC8D #8DCBBC

tetradic

#BC8DCB #CB9D8D #9CCB8D #8DBBCB

square

#BC8DCB #CB9D8D #9CCB8D #8DBBCB

split-complementary

#BC8DCB #BBCB8D #8DCB9D

monochromatic

#844598 #A363B8 #BC8DCB #D5B7DE #EDE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC8DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC8DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DCB

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DCB	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdb',
    500: '#bc8dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dcb;
$custom-light: #d1afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.484,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70968,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DCB

secondary

#D5E4D0

accent

#B03553

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DCB

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

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