#BCA3CE#BCA3CE

#BCA3CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.066 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3CE
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(275, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 17.15, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 25.25, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0436 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.066 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9749, 41.3424, 63.9911)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3CE #B5CEA3

analogous

#A7A3CE #BCA3CE #CEA3CA

triadic

#BCA3CE #CEBCA3 #A3CEBC

tetradic

#BCA3CE #CEA7A3 #B5CEA3 #A3CACE

square

#BCA3CE #CEA7A3 #B5CEA3 #A3CACE

split-complementary

#BCA3CE #CACEA3 #A3CEA7

monochromatic

#8156A1 #9F7BB9 #BCA3CE #D9CBE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCA3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3CE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3CE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.066 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bedd',
    500: '#bca3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3ce;
$custom-light: #d0bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 30.496,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75156,
    "c": 0.06647,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A93C6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3CE

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

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