#BC8DCD#BC8DCD

#BC8DCD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.104 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DCD
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 29.17, -26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 39.15, 318.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0762 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.104 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2817, 34.1498, 62.1627)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DCD #9ECD8D

analogous

#9C8DCD #BC8DCD #CD8DBE

triadic

#BC8DCD #CDBC8D #8DCDBC

tetradic

#BC8DCD #CD9C8D #9ECD8D #8DBECD

square

#BC8DCD #CD9C8D #9ECD8D #8DBECD

split-complementary

#BC8DCD #BECD8D #8DCD9C

monochromatic

#84449B #A362BA #BC8DCD #D5B8E0 #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DCD

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DCD	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.104 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdc',
    500: '#bc8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dcd;
$custom-light: #d1afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.063,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71051,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DCD

secondary

#D6E5D1

accent

#B23355

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DCD

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

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