#BCA1E9#BCA1E9

#BCA1E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.105 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA1E9
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 233)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 31%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 30.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 24.06, -32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 40.51, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0543 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.105 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1888, 42.0642, 82.6555)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA1E9 #CEE9A1

analogous

#A1AAE9 #BCA1E9 #E0A1E9

triadic

#BCA1E9 #E9BCA1 #A1E9BC

tetradic

#BCA1E9 #E9A1AA #CEE9A1 #A1E9E0

square

#BCA1E9 #E9A1AA #CEE9A1 #A1E9E0

split-complementary

#BCA1E9 #E9E0A1 #AAE9A1

monochromatic

#753ED2 #996FDD #BCA1E9 #DFD3F5 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA1E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCA1E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA1E9

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA1E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA1E9	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91ADEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96ADE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4ACBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca1e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.105 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bdf0',
    500: '#bca1e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca1e9;
$custom-light: #d1bdf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca1e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75867,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA1E9

secondary

#E8F1DA

accent

#CA1C89

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA1E9

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

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