#BC8ECB#BC8ECB

#BC8ECB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ECB
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 28.20, -24.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 37.53, 318.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0741 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.1 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1900, 34.3500, 60.9487)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ECB #9DCB8E

analogous

#9D8ECB #BC8ECB #CB8EBB

triadic

#BC8ECB #CBBC8E #8ECBBC

tetradic

#BC8ECB #CB9D8E #9DCB8E #8EBBCB

square

#BC8ECB #CB9D8E #9DCB8E #8EBBCB

split-complementary

#BC8ECB #BBCB8E #8ECB9D

monochromatic

#844698 #A364B8 #BC8ECB #D5B8DE #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC8ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ECB

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ECB	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdb',
    500: '#bc8ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ecb;
$custom-light: #d1afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.246,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71147,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ECB

secondary

#D6E4D1

accent

#B03654

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ECB

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

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