#BC8DCE#BC8DCE

#BC8DCE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DCE
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 29.37, -26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 39.64, 317.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0764 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.106 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4028, 34.1982, 62.8004)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DCE #9FCE8D

analogous

#9B8DCE #BC8DCE #CE8DBF

triadic

#BC8DCE #CEBC8D #8DCEBC

tetradic

#BC8DCE #CE9B8D #9FCE8D #8DBFCE

square

#BC8DCE #CE9B8D #9FCE8D #8DBFCE

split-complementary

#BC8DCE #BFCE8D #8DCE9B

monochromatic

#84449D #A362BC #BC8DCE #D5B8E0 #EEE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DCE

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DCE	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdd',
    500: '#bc8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dce;
$custom-light: #d1afdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.385,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DCE

secondary

#D7E5D1

accent

#B33356

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DCE

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

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