#BC8EC6#BC8EC6

#BC8EC6 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.095 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8EC6
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(289, 33%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(289, 28%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 27.20, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 35.14, 320.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0727 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.095 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6037, 34.1155, 57.8612)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8EC6 #98C68E

analogous

#A08EC6 #BC8EC6 #C68EB4

triadic

#BC8EC6 #C6BC8E #8EC6BC

tetradic

#BC8EC6 #C6A08E #98C68E #8EB4C6

square

#BC8EC6 #C6A08E #98C68E #8EB4C6

split-complementary

#BC8EC6 #B4C68E #8EC6A0

monochromatic

#844991 #A465B1 #BC8EC6 #D4B7DB #ECDFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8EC6

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8EC6	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD94A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.095 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afd7',
    500: '#bc8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ec6;
$custom-light: #d1afd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 32.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70944,
    "c": 0.09456,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8EC6

secondary

#D2E1CF

accent

#AC3A4E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8EC6

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

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