#BC8ED2#BC8ED2

#BC8ED2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.108 H 314.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8ED2
RGB	rgb(188, 142, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(281, 32%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 32.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 29.64, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 40.95, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.076 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.108 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0431, 34.6913, 65.4416)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8ED2 #A4D28E

analogous

#9A8ED2 #BC8ED2 #D28EC6

triadic

#BC8ED2 #D2BC8E #8ED2BC

tetradic

#BC8ED2 #D29A8E #A4D28E #8EC6D2

square

#BC8ED2 #D29A8E #A4D28E #8EC6D2

split-complementary

#BC8ED2 #C6D28E #8ED29A

monochromatic

#8441A4 #A262C1 #BC8ED2 #D6BAE3 #F0E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC8ED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC8ED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8ED2

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8ED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8ED2	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849CD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB97A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8ed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 142, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.108 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1afe0',
    500: '#bc8ed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8ed2;
$custom-light: #d1afe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8ed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 43.038,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8ED2

secondary

#DAE8D4

accent

#B62F5B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#141015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8ED2

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

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