#BC8EBA#BC8EBA

#BC8EBA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.082 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EBA
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(303, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(303, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 24.87, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 29.66, 326.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.0691 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.082 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2741, 33.5837, 50.8583)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EBA #8EBC90

analogous

#A78EBC #BC8EBA #BC8EA3

triadic

#BC8EBA #BABC8E #8EBABC

tetradic

#BC8EBA #BCA78E #8EBC90 #8EA3BC

square

#BC8EBA #BCA78E #8EBC90 #8EA3BC

split-complementary

#BC8EBA #A3BC8E #8EBCA7

monochromatic

#824D80 #A568A3 #BC8EBA #D3B4D1 #EADBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BC8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EBA

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EBA	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.082 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afce',
    500: '#bc8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8eba;
$custom-light: #d0afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EBA

secondary

#CBDBCC

accent

#A44641

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EBA

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

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