#BCA0CC#BCA0CC

#BCA0CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.069 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0CC
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(278, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(278, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 18.40, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 26.20, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% 0.0474 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.069 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2071, 40.1931, 62.5442)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0CC #B0CCA0

analogous

#A6A0CC #BCA0CC #CCA0C6

triadic

#BCA0CC #CCBCA0 #A0CCBC

tetradic

#BCA0CC #CCA6A0 #B0CCA0 #A0C6CC

square

#BCA0CC #CCA6A0 #B0CCA0 #A0C6CC

split-complementary

#BCA0CC #C6CCA0 #A0CCA6

monochromatic

#83549D #A078B7 #BCA0CC #D8C8E1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0CC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0CC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.069 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcdb',
    500: '#bca0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0cc;
$custom-light: #d0bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 30.137,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74509,
    "c": 0.06927,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0CC

secondary

#E2EADE

accent

#A93D64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0CC

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

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