#BC8ECC#BC8ECC

#BC8ECC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.101 H 317.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ECC
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 204)
HSL	hsl(285, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(285, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 30.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 28.41, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 38.01, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0744 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.101 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3095, 34.3979, 61.5784)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ECC #9ECC8E

analogous

#9D8ECC #BC8ECC #CC8EBD

triadic

#BC8ECC #CCBC8E #8ECCBC

tetradic

#BC8ECC #CC9D8E #9ECC8E #8EBDCC

square

#BC8ECC #CC9D8E #9ECC8E #8EBDCC

split-complementary

#BC8ECC #BDCC8E #8ECC9D

monochromatic

#84469A #A364B9 #BC8ECC #D5B8DF #EEE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC8ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ECC

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ECC	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.101 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdb',
    500: '#bc8ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ecc;
$custom-light: #d1afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 37.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ECC

secondary

#D6E4D1

accent

#B13555

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ECC

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

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