#BC8EC2#BC8EC2

#BC8EC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.090 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EC2
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(293, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(293, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 26.41, -20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 33.27, 322.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0716 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.09 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1485, 33.9334, 55.4633)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EC2 #94C28E

analogous

#A28EC2 #BC8EC2 #C28EAE

triadic

#BC8EC2 #C2BC8E #8EC2BC

tetradic

#BC8EC2 #C2A28E #94C28E #8EAEC2

square

#BC8EC2 #C2A28E #94C28E #8EAEC2

split-complementary

#BC8EC2 #AEC28E #8EC2A2

monochromatic

#834B8B #A466AD #BC8EC2 #D4B6D7 #EBDDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EC2

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EC2	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE93A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.090 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0afd4',
    500: '#bc8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ec2;
$custom-light: #d0afd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 29.885,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70786,
    "c": 0.09011,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EC2

secondary

#CFDECD

accent

#A93D49

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EC2

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

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