#BCA4CD#BCA4CD

#BCA4CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.063 H 311.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4CD
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 16.39, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 24.09, 312.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% 0.0417 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.063 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0321, 41.6504, 63.4128)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4CD #B5CDA4

analogous

#A8A4CD #BCA4CD #CDA4CA

triadic

#BCA4CD #CDBCA4 #A4CDBC

tetradic

#BCA4CD #CDA8A4 #B5CDA4 #A4CACD

square

#BCA4CD #CDA8A4 #B5CDA4 #A4CACD

split-complementary

#BCA4CD #CACDA4 #A4CDA8

monochromatic

#81579F #9F7DB7 #BCA4CD #D9CBE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCA4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4CD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4CD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.063 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdc',
    500: '#bca4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4cd;
$custom-light: #d0bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 29.078,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7531,
    "c": 0.06345,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4CD

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83E6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4CD

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

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