#BCA3CC#BCA3CC

#BCA3CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.064 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3CC
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(277, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 16.74, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 24.24, 313.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0429 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.064 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7335, 41.2458, 62.7197)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3CC #B3CCA3

analogous

#A8A3CC #BCA3CC #CCA3C8

triadic

#BCA3CC #CCBCA3 #A3CCBC

tetradic

#BCA3CC #CCA8A3 #B3CCA3 #A3C8CC

square

#BCA3CC #CCA8A3 #B3CCA3 #A3C8CC

split-complementary

#BCA3CC #C8CCA3 #A3CCA8

monochromatic

#82579D #9F7CB6 #BCA3CC #D9CAE2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCA3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3CC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3CC	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.064 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bedb',
    500: '#bca3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3cc;
$custom-light: #d0bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 28.671,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75081,
    "c": 0.06396,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3CC

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A73E67

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3CC

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

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