#BCA1CB#BCA1CB

#BCA1CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.066 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA1CB
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(279, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 17.64, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 25.05, 314.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0456 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.066 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2617, 40.4934, 61.9726)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA1CB #B0CBA1

analogous

#A7A1CB #BCA1CB #CBA1C5

triadic

#BCA1CB #CBBCA1 #A1CBBC

tetradic

#BCA1CB #CBA7A1 #B0CBA1 #A1C5CB

square

#BCA1CB #CBA7A1 #B0CBA1 #A1C5CB

split-complementary

#BCA1CB #C5CBA1 #A1CBA7

monochromatic

#83569C #A07AB5 #BCA1CB #D8C8E1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCA1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA1CB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA1CB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.066 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bddb',
    500: '#bca1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca1cb;
$custom-light: #d0bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74662,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA1CB

secondary

#E2E9DE

accent

#A73E64

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA1CB

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

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