#BC8EBE#BC8EBE

#BC8EBE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.086 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EBE
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(298, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(298, 25%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 25.63, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 31.43, 324.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0703 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.086 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7053, 33.7562, 53.1292)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EBE #90BE8E

analogous

#A48EBE #BC8EBE #BE8EA8

triadic

#BC8EBE #BEBC8E #8EBEBC

tetradic

#BC8EBE #BEA48E #90BE8E #8EA8BE

square

#BC8EBE #BEA48E #90BE8E #8EA8BE

split-complementary

#BC8EBE #A8BE8E #8EBEA4

monochromatic

#834D85 #A567A8 #BC8EBE #D3B5D4 #EADCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EBE

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EBE	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF929F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.086 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd1',
    500: '#bc8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ebe;
$custom-light: #d0afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 26.966,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70632,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EBE

secondary

#CCDCCC

accent

#A64044

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EBE

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

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