#BCA0DA#BCA0DA

#BCA0DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.087 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0DA
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 218)
HSL	hsl(269, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 26.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 21.32, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 33.33, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% 0.0517 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.087 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9623, 40.8952, 71.7883)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0DA #BEDAA0

analogous

#A0A1DA #BCA0DA #D9A0DA

triadic

#BCA0DA #DABCA0 #A0DABC

tetradic

#BCA0DA #DAA0A1 #BEDAA0 #A0DAD9

square

#BCA0DA #DAA0A1 #BEDAA0 #A0DAD9

split-complementary

#BCA0DA #DAD9A0 #A1DAA0

monochromatic

#7E48B8 #9D74C9 #BCA0DA #DBCCEB #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BCA0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0DA

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0DA	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BACD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.087 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bce5',
    500: '#bca0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0da;
$custom-light: #d0bce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 43.939,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75055,
    "c": 0.08704,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0DA

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B72E75

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0DA

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

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