#BC8DCC#BC8DCC

#BC8DCC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.103 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DCC
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 204)
HSL	hsl(285, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 30.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 28.96, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 38.67, 318.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0759 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.103 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1614, 34.1016, 61.5290)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DCC #9DCC8D

analogous

#9C8DCC #BC8DCC #CC8DBC

triadic

#BC8DCC #CCBC8D #8DCCBC

tetradic

#BC8DCC #CC9C8D #9DCC8D #8DBCCC

square

#BC8DCC #CC9C8D #9DCC8D #8DBCCC

split-complementary

#BC8DCC #BCCC8D #8DCC9C

monochromatic

#84459A #A363B9 #BC8DCC #D5B7DF #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC8DCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC8DCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DCC

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DCC	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC94A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.103 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdb',
    500: '#bc8dcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dcc;
$custom-light: #d1afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.762,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7101,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DCC

secondary

#D6E4D1

accent

#B13454

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DCC

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

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