#BC8ECA#BC8ECA

#BC8ECA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ECA
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(286, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(286, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 28.00, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 37.05, 319.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0739 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.099 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0712, 34.3025, 60.3231)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ECA #9CCA8E

analogous

#9E8ECA #BC8ECA #CA8EBA

triadic

#BC8ECA #CABC8E #8ECABC

tetradic

#BC8ECA #CA9E8E #9CCA8E #8EBACA

square

#BC8ECA #CA9E8E #9CCA8E #8EBACA

split-complementary

#BC8ECA #BACA8E #8ECA9E

monochromatic

#844797 #A364B6 #BC8ECA #D5B8DE #EDE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC8ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ECA

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ECA	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afda',
    500: '#bc8eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8eca;
$custom-light: #d1afda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286,
    "s": 36.145,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71106,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ECA

secondary

#D5E3D1

accent

#AF3653

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ECA

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

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