#BCA0EC#BCA0EC

#BCA0EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.111 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0EC
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 236)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, 25.29, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 42.71, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0565 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.111 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4469, 41.8890, 84.8737)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0EC #D0ECA0

analogous

#A0AAEC #BCA0EC #E2A0EC

triadic

#BCA0EC #ECBCA0 #A0ECBC

tetradic

#BCA0EC #ECA0AA #D0ECA0 #A0ECE2

square

#BCA0EC #ECA0AA #D0ECA0 #A0ECE2

split-complementary

#BCA0EC #ECE2A0 #AAECA0

monochromatic

#743AD8 #986DE2 #BCA0EC #E0D3F6 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCA0EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCA0EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0EC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0EC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FADEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94ADEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.111 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcf2',
    500: '#bca0ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0ec;
$custom-light: #d1bcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75813,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0EC

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CF178B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0EC

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

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