#BCA0CB#BCA0CB

#BCA0CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.068 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0CB
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 18.20, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 25.70, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0471 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.068 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0876, 40.1453, 61.9146)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0CB #AFCBA0

analogous

#A6A0CB #BCA0CB #CBA0C4

triadic

#BCA0CB #CBBCA0 #A0CBBC

tetradic

#BCA0CB #CBA6A0 #AFCBA0 #A0C4CB

square

#BCA0CB #CBA6A0 #AFCBA0 #A0C4CB

split-complementary

#BCA0CB #C4CBA0 #A0CBA6

monochromatic

#83559B #A078B5 #BCA0CB #D8C8E1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCA0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BCA0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0CB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0CB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.068 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcdb',
    500: '#bca0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0cb;
$custom-light: #d0bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.07,
    "s": 29.252,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74472,
    "c": 0.06804,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0CB

secondary

#E2E9DE

accent

#A83E63

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0CB

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

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