#BC8EBC#BC8EBC

#BC8EBC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.084 H 326.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EBC
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 24%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 25.25, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 30.54, 325.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0697 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.084 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4882, 33.6693, 51.9859)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EBC #8EBC8E

analogous

#A58EBC #BC8EBC #BC8EA5

triadic

#BC8EBC #BCBC8E #8EBCBC

tetradic

#BC8EBC #BCA58E #8EBC8E #8EA5BC

square

#BC8EBC #BCA58E #8EBC8E #8EA5BC

split-complementary

#BC8EBC #A5BC8E #8EBCA5

monochromatic

#824D82 #A568A5 #BC8EBC #D3B4D3 #EADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EBC

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EBC	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)

#8B99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.084 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd0',
    500: '#bc8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ebc;
$custom-light: #d0afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70556,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EBC

secondary

#CBDBCB

accent

#A44141

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EBC

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

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