#BCA3CB#BCA3CB

#BCA3CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.063 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3CB
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(278, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 16.54, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 23.74, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0426 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.063 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6140, 41.1980, 62.0900)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3CB #B2CBA3

analogous

#A8A3CB #BCA3CB #CBA3C6

triadic

#BCA3CB #CBBCA3 #A3CBBC

tetradic

#BCA3CB #CBA8A3 #B2CBA3 #A3C6CB

square

#BCA3CB #CBA8A3 #B2CBA3 #A3C6CB

split-complementary

#BCA3CB #C6CBA3 #A3CBA8

monochromatic

#82589C #A07CB5 #BCA3CB #D8CAE1 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCA3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3CB

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3CB	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.063 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0beda',
    500: '#bca3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3cb;
$custom-light: #d0beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75045,
    "c": 0.06271,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3CB

secondary

#E4EAE0

accent

#A63F66

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3CB

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

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