#BCA4CB#BCA4CB

#BCA4CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.061 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4CB
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 15.98, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 23.08, 313.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0411 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.061 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7922, 41.5545, 62.1495)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4CB #B3CBA4

analogous

#A9A4CB #BCA4CB #CBA4C7

triadic

#BCA4CB #CBBCA4 #A4CBBC

tetradic

#BCA4CB #CBA9A4 #B3CBA4 #A4C7CB

square

#BCA4CB #CBA9A4 #B3CBA4 #A4C7CB

split-complementary

#BCA4CB #C7CBA4 #A4CBA9

monochromatic

#82599C #9F7DB5 #BCA4CB #D9CBE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4CB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4CB	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FABCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.061 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfda',
    500: '#bca4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4cb;
$custom-light: #d0bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75237,
    "c": 0.06094,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A64067

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4CB

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

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