#BC8EBB#BC8EBB

#BC8EBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.083 H 327.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EBB
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(301, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(301, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 25.06, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 30.10, 326.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0694 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.083 327.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3808, 33.6264, 51.4201)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EBB #8EBC8F

analogous

#A68EBC #BC8EBB #BC8EA4

triadic

#BC8EBB #BBBC8E #8EBBBC

tetradic

#BC8EBB #BCA68E #8EBC8F #8EA4BC

square

#BC8EBB #BCA68E #8EBC8F #8EA4BC

split-complementary

#BC8EBB #A4BC8E #8EBCA6

monochromatic

#824D81 #A568A4 #BC8EBB #D3B4D2 #EADBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC8EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EBB

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EBB	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.083 327.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afcf',
    500: '#bc8ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ebb;
$custom-light: #d0afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.304,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70518,
    "c": 0.08265,
    "h": 327.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EBB

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A44441

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EBB

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

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