#BCA3CD#BCA3CD

#BCA3CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.065 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3CD
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, 16.94, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 24.74, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.0432 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.065 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8538, 41.2939, 63.3534)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3CD #B4CDA3

analogous

#A7A3CD #BCA3CD #CDA3C9

triadic

#BCA3CD #CDBCA3 #A3CDBC

tetradic

#BCA3CD #CDA7A3 #B4CDA3 #A3C9CD

square

#BCA3CD #CDA7A3 #B4CDA3 #A3C9CD

split-complementary

#BCA3CD #C9CDA3 #A3CDA7

monochromatic

#82569F #9F7BB7 #BCA3CD #D9CBE3 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3CD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3CD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.065 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bedc',
    500: '#bca3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3cd;
$custom-light: #d0bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 29.577,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75119,
    "c": 0.06522,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3CD

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A83D69

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3CD

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

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