#BCA3CF#BCA3CF

#BCA3CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.068 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3CF
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 207)
HSL	hsl(274, 31%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 21.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, 17.35, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 25.76, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0439 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.068 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0968, 41.3911, 64.6329)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3CF #B6CFA3

analogous

#A6A3CF #BCA3CF #CFA3CC

triadic

#BCA3CF #CFBCA3 #A3CFBC

tetradic

#BCA3CF #CFA6A3 #B6CFA3 #A3CCCF

square

#BCA3CF #CFA6A3 #B6CFA3 #A3CCCF

split-complementary

#BCA3CF #CCCFA3 #A3CFA6

monochromatic

#8155A3 #9F7BBA #BCA3CF #D9CBE4 #F0EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCA3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3CF

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3CF	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.068 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bedd',
    500: '#bca3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3cf;
$custom-light: #d0bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 31.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75193,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#AA3B6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3CF

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

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