#BC8FC4#BC8FC4

#BC8FC4 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.090 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8FC4
RGB	rgb(188, 143, 196)
HSL	hsl(291, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(291, 27%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 27%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 26.25, -20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 33.54, 321.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0706 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.091 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5240, 34.3228, 56.7041)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8FC4 #97C48F

analogous

#A28FC4 #BC8FC4 #C48FB2

triadic

#BC8FC4 #C4BC8F #8FC4BC

tetradic

#BC8FC4 #C4A28F #97C48F #8FB2C4

square

#BC8FC4 #C4A28F #97C48F #8FB2C4

split-complementary

#BC8FC4 #B2C48F #8FC4A2

monochromatic

#844B8E #A467AF #BC8FC4 #D4B7D9 #ECDFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC8FC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC8FC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8FC4

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8FC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8FC4	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD94A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8fc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 143, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.090 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b0d6',
    500: '#bc8fc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8fc4;
$custom-light: #d0b0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8fc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.943,
    "s": 30.994,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71046,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8FC4

secondary

#D1E0CF

accent

#AA3C4C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FA

border

#D2CED3

text

#141014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8FC4

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

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