#BCA2E5#BCA2E5

#BCA2E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2E5
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 229)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 29.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 22.61, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 37.78, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0518 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.098 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7993, 42.1891, 79.7387)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2E5 #CBE5A2

analogous

#A2AAE5 #BCA2E5 #DEA2E5

triadic

#BCA2E5 #E5BCA2 #A2E5BC

tetradic

#BCA2E5 #E5A2AA #CBE5A2 #A2E5DE

square

#BCA2E5 #E5A2AA #CBE5A2 #A2E5DE

split-complementary

#BCA2E5 #E5DEA2 #AAE5A2

monochromatic

#7742CA #9A72D8 #BCA2E5 #DED2F2 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCA2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2E5

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2E5	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ADE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5ACBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bded',
    500: '#bca2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2e5;
$custom-light: #d1bded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.284,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75881,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2E5

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C42285

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2E5

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

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