#BC8DCF#BC8DCF

#BC8DCF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.107 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DCF
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 207)
HSL	hsl(283, 41%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(283, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 31.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 29.58, -27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 40.13, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0767 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.107 316)
XYZ	xyz(41.5247, 34.2469, 63.4422)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DCF #A0CF8D

analogous

#9B8DCF #BC8DCF #CF8DC1

triadic

#BC8DCF #CFBC8D #8DCFBC

tetradic

#BC8DCF #CF9B8D #A0CF8D #8DC1CF

square

#BC8DCF #CF9B8D #A0CF8D #8DC1CF

split-complementary

#BC8DCF #C1CF8D #8DCF9B

monochromatic

#84439F #A362BD #BC8DCF #D5B8E1 #EFE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC8DCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DCF

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DCF	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.107 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afde',
    500: '#bc8dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dcf;
$custom-light: #d1afde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.727,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71135,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.34246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DCF

secondary

#D8E6D2

accent

#B43257

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DCF

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

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