#BCA0CE#BCA0CE

#BCA0CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.072 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0CE
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(277, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 18.81, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 27.21, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.048 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.072 312)
XYZ	xyz(44.4486, 40.2897, 63.8157)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0CE #B2CEA0

analogous

#A5A0CE #BCA0CE #CEA0C9

triadic

#BCA0CE #CEBCA0 #A0CEBC

tetradic

#BCA0CE #CEA5A0 #B2CEA0 #A0C9CE

square

#BCA0CE #CEA5A0 #B2CEA0 #A0C9CE

split-complementary

#BCA0CE #C9CEA0 #A0CEA5

monochromatic

#8253A1 #A078B9 #BCA0CE #D8C8E3 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BCA0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0CE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0CE	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.072 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcdd',
    500: '#bca0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0ce;
$custom-light: #d0bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 31.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74585,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.40289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0CE

secondary

#E4EBDF

accent

#AB3B67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0CE

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

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