#BC8DD2#BC8DD2

#BC8DD2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8DD2
RGB	rgb(188, 141, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 32.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 30.20, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 41.60, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0775 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.11 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8949, 34.3950, 65.3922)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8DD2 #A3D28D

analogous

#9A8DD2 #BC8DD2 #D28DC6

triadic

#BC8DD2 #D2BC8D #8DD2BC

tetradic

#BC8DD2 #D29A8D #A3D28D #8DC6D2

square

#BC8DD2 #D29A8D #A3D28D #8DC6D2

split-complementary

#BC8DD2 #C6D28D #8DD29A

monochromatic

#8441A4 #A261C1 #BC8DD2 #D6B9E3 #F0E5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8DD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC8DD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8DD2

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8DD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8DD2	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8dd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 141, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe0',
    500: '#bc8dd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8dd2;
$custom-light: #d1afe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8dd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.87,
    "s": 43.396,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71263,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8DD2

secondary

#DAE8D3

accent

#B72F5A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8DD2

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

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