#BC8EC0#BC8EC0

#BC8EC0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.088 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EC0
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(295, 28%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(295, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 26.02, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 32.34, 323.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.071 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.088 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9254, 33.8442, 54.2884)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EC0 #92C08E

analogous

#A38EC0 #BC8EC0 #C08EAB

triadic

#BC8EC0 #C0BC8E #8EC0BC

tetradic

#BC8EC0 #C0A38E #92C08E #8EABC0

square

#BC8EC0 #C0A38E #92C08E #8EABC0

split-complementary

#BC8EC0 #ABC08E #8EC0A3

monochromatic

#834C88 #A567AA #BC8EC0 #D3B5D6 #EBDDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC8EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC8EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EC0

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EC0	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE93A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.088 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd3',
    500: '#bc8ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ec0;
$custom-light: #d0afd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 28.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.08794,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EC0

secondary

#CEDDCD

accent

#A73E47

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#141014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EC0

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

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