#BC8EBD#BC8EBD

#BC8EBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.085 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EBD
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(299, 26%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(299, 25%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 25.44, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 30.99, 325.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.07 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.085 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5964, 33.7126, 52.5556)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EBD #8FBD8E

analogous

#A48EBD #BC8EBD #BD8EA7

triadic

#BC8EBD #BDBC8E #8EBDBC

tetradic

#BC8EBD #BDA48E #8FBD8E #8EA7BD

square

#BC8EBD #BDA48E #8FBD8E #8EA7BD

split-complementary

#BC8EBD #A7BD8E #8EBDA4

monochromatic

#834D84 #A567A6 #BC8EBD #D3B5D4 #EADBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EBD

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EBD	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.085 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd1',
    500: '#bc8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ebd;
$custom-light: #d0afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.723,
    "s": 26.257,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70594,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EBD

secondary

#CCDBCB

accent

#A54143

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EBD

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

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