#BCA0CF#BCA0CF

#BCA0CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.073 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0CF
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 207)
HSL	hsl(276, 33%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 23%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, 19.01, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 27.71, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0483 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.073 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5704, 40.3384, 64.4575)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0CF #B3CFA0

analogous

#A5A0CF #BCA0CF #CFA0CB

triadic

#BCA0CF #CFBCA0 #A0CFBC

tetradic

#BCA0CF #CFA5A0 #B3CFA0 #A0CBCF

square

#BCA0CF #CFA5A0 #B3CFA0 #A0CBCF

split-complementary

#BCA0CF #CBCFA0 #A0CFA5

monochromatic

#8252A2 #9F77BA #BCA0CF #D9C9E4 #F1EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BCA0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0CF

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0CF	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A9D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.073 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcdd',
    500: '#bca0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0cf;
$custom-light: #d0bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 32.867,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74623,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0CF

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#AC3A68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0CF

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

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