#BCA2CE#BCA2CE

#BCA2CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.068 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2CE
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 17.70, -18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 25.90, 313.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.045 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.068 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7981, 40.9887, 63.9322)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2CE #B4CEA2

analogous

#A6A2CE #BCA2CE #CEA2CA

triadic

#BCA2CE #CEBCA2 #A2CEBC

tetradic

#BCA2CE #CEA6A2 #B4CEA2 #A2CACE

square

#BCA2CE #CEA6A2 #B4CEA2 #A2CACE

split-complementary

#BCA2CE #CACEA2 #A2CEA6

monochromatic

#8255A1 #9F7AB9 #BCA2CE #D9CAE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BCA2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2CE

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2CE	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.068 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bddd',
    500: '#bca2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2ce;
$custom-light: #d0bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 30.986,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74965,
    "c": 0.06824,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2CE

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#AA3C69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2CE

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

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