#BCA3CA#BCA3CA

#BCA3CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.061 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3CA
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(278, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 19%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 16.33, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 23.24, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0422 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.061 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4952, 41.1505, 61.4645)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3CA #B1CAA3

analogous

#A9A3CA #BCA3CA #CAA3C5

triadic

#BCA3CA #CABCA3 #A3CABC

tetradic

#BCA3CA #CAA9A3 #B1CAA3 #A3C5CA

square

#BCA3CA #CAA9A3 #B1CAA3 #A3C5CA

split-complementary

#BCA3CA #C5CAA3 #A3CAA9

monochromatic

#83599A #A07CB4 #BCA3CA #D8CAE0 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BCA3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3CA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3CA	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.061 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0beda',
    500: '#bca3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3ca;
$custom-light: #d0beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 26.897,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75008,
    "c": 0.06147,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3CA

secondary

#E3E9DF

accent

#A54064

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3CA

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

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