#BC8ECD#BC8ECD

#BC8ECD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ECD
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(284, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 28.61, -25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 38.50, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0747 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.103 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4299, 34.4460, 62.2120)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ECD #9FCD8E

analogous

#9C8ECD #BC8ECD #CD8EBE

triadic

#BC8ECD #CDBC8E #8ECDBC

tetradic

#BC8ECD #CD9C8E #9FCD8E #8EBECD

square

#BC8ECD #CD9C8E #9FCD8E #8EBECD

split-complementary

#BC8ECD #BECD8E #8ECD9C

monochromatic

#84459C #A364BA #BC8ECD #D5B8E0 #EEE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ECD

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ECD	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afdc',
    500: '#bc8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ecd;
$custom-light: #d1afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.81,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7123,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ECD

secondary

#D7E5D2

accent

#B23456

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ECD

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

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