#BCA4CC#BCA4CC

#BCA4CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.062 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4CC
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(276, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 16.19, -17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 23.59, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.0414 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.062 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9118, 41.6023, 62.7791)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4CC #B4CCA4

analogous

#A8A4CC #BCA4CC #CCA4C8

triadic

#BCA4CC #CCBCA4 #A4CCBC

tetradic

#BCA4CC #CCA8A4 #B4CCA4 #A4C8CC

square

#BCA4CC #CCA8A4 #B4CCA4 #A4C8CC

split-complementary

#BCA4CC #C8CCA4 #A4CCA8

monochromatic

#82589D #9F7DB6 #BCA4CC #D9CBE2 #F1EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4CC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4CC	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EABCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.062 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdb',
    500: '#bca4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4cc;
$custom-light: #d0bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 28.169,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75273,
    "c": 0.06219,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4CC

secondary

#E4EBE0

accent

#A73F68

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4CC

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

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