#BC8ECF#BC8ECF

#BC8ECF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ECF
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 207)
HSL	hsl(282, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(282, 31%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 29.02, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 39.48, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0752 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.105 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.6728, 34.5432, 63.4916)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ECF #A1CF8E

analogous

#9B8ECF #BC8ECF #CF8EC1

triadic

#BC8ECF #CFBC8E #8ECFBC

tetradic

#BC8ECF #CF9B8E #A1CF8E #8EC1CF

square

#BC8ECF #CF9B8E #A1CF8E #8EC1CF

split-complementary

#BC8ECF #C1CF8E #8ECF9B

monochromatic

#84449F #A363BD #BC8ECF #D5B9E1 #EFE4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC8ECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC8ECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ECF

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ECF	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ecf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afde',
    500: '#bc8ecf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ecf;
$custom-light: #d1afde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ecf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.462,
    "s": 40.373,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71313,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ECF

secondary

#D8E6D3

accent

#B33258

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ECF

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

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