#BCA1CD#BCA1CD

#BCA1CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.069 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA1CD
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(277, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 21%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, 18.05, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 26.05, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0462 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.069 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5015, 40.5893, 63.2359)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA1CD #B2CDA1

analogous

#A6A1CD #BCA1CD #CDA1C8

triadic

#BCA1CD #CDBCA1 #A1CDBC

tetradic

#BCA1CD #CDA6A1 #B2CDA1 #A1C8CD

square

#BCA1CD #CDA6A1 #B2CDA1 #A1C8CD

split-complementary

#BCA1CD #C8CDA1 #A1CDA6

monochromatic

#82559F #A079B8 #BCA1CD #D8C9E2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BCA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA1CD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA1CD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.069 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bddc',
    500: '#bca1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca1cd;
$custom-light: #d0bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74737,
    "c": 0.06875,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA1CD

secondary

#E4EADF

accent

#A93C66

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA1CD

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

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