#BCA0EE#BCA0EE

#BCA0EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0EE
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 70%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(262, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 32.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 25.74, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 43.76, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.057 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.113 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.7391, 42.0059, 86.4126)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0EE #D2EEA0

analogous

#A0ABEE #BCA0EE #E3A0EE

triadic

#BCA0EE #EEBCA0 #A0EEBC

tetradic

#BCA0EE #EEA0AB #D2EEA0 #A0EEE3

square

#BCA0EE #EEA0AB #D2EEA0 #A0EEE3

split-complementary

#BCA0EE #EEE3A0 #ABEEA0

monochromatic

#7338DB #976CE5 #BCA0EE #E1D4F7 #EDE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCA0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0EE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0EE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EADF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3ACBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bcf3',
    500: '#bca0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0ee;
$custom-light: #d1bcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75902,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0EE

secondary

#E9F2D9

accent

#D2148E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0EE

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

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