#BCA0CA#BCA0CA

#BCA0CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.067 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0CA
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(280, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 18.00, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 25.21, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0467 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.067 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9688, 40.0978, 61.2890)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0CA #AECAA0

analogous

#A7A0CA #BCA0CA #CAA0C3

triadic

#BCA0CA #CABCA0 #A0CABC

tetradic

#BCA0CA #CAA7A0 #AECAA0 #A0C3CA

square

#BCA0CA #CAA7A0 #AECAA0 #A0C3CA

split-complementary

#BCA0CA #C3CAA0 #A0CAA7

monochromatic

#83569A #A079B4 #BCA0CA #D8C7E0 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCA0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BCA0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0CA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0CA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.067 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcda',
    500: '#bca0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0ca;
$custom-light: #d0bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 28.378,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74435,
    "c": 0.06682,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0CA

secondary

#E1E8DD

accent

#A73E61

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0CA

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

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