#BCA0E8#BCA0E8

#BCA0E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.105 H 301.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0E8
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 232)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 31%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, 24.39, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 40.62, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0555 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.105 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8723, 41.6591, 81.8473)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0E8 #CCE8A0

analogous

#A0A8E8 #BCA0E8 #E0A0E8

triadic

#BCA0E8 #E8BCA0 #A0E8BC

tetradic

#BCA0E8 #E8A0A8 #CCE8A0 #A0E8E0

square

#BCA0E8 #E8A0A8 #CCE8A0 #A0E8E0

split-complementary

#BCA0E8 #E8E0A0 #A8E8A0

monochromatic

#773DD0 #996FDC #BCA0E8 #DFD1F4 #EEE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCA0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0E8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0E8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ACEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ABBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.105 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcef',
    500: '#bca0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0e8;
$custom-light: #d1bcef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.10532,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0E8

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C91D86

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0E8

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

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