#BCA0CD#BCA0CD

#BCA0CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.071 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0CD
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 18.60, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 26.70, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0477 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.071 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3275, 40.2412, 63.1779)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0CD #B1CDA0

analogous

#A6A0CD #BCA0CD #CDA0C8

triadic

#BCA0CD #CDBCA0 #A0CDBC

tetradic

#BCA0CD #CDA6A0 #B1CDA0 #A0C8CD

square

#BCA0CD #CDA6A0 #B1CDA0 #A0C8CD

split-complementary

#BCA0CD #C8CDA0 #A0CDA6

monochromatic

#83549F #A078B8 #BCA0CD #D8C8E2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0CD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0CD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.071 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcdc',
    500: '#bca0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0cd;
$custom-light: #d0bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.07051,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0CD

secondary

#E3EADF

accent

#AA3C65

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0CD

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

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