#BCA0DD#BCA0DD

#BCA0DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.091 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0DD
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(268, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 21.97, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 34.89, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0525 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.091 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3585, 41.0536, 73.8745)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0DD #C1DDA0

analogous

#A0A3DD #BCA0DD #DBA0DD

triadic

#BCA0DD #DDBCA0 #A0DDBC

tetradic

#BCA0DD #DDA0A3 #C1DDA0 #A0DDDB

square

#BCA0DD #DDA0A3 #C1DDA0 #A0DDDB

split-complementary

#BCA0DD #DDDBA0 #A3DDA0

monochromatic

#7C46BD #9C73CD #BCA0DD #DCCDED #EFE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCA0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0DD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0DD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ABE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7A9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.091 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bce7',
    500: '#bca0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0dd;
$custom-light: #d0bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75177,
    "c": 0.09092,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0DD

secondary

#E6EEDD

accent

#BB2B79

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0DD

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

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