#BCA4CE#BCA4CE

#BCA4CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.065 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4CE
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, 16.59, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 24.60, 312.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0421 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.065 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1532, 41.6989, 64.0505)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4CE #B6CEA4

analogous

#A7A4CE #BCA4CE #CEA4CB

triadic

#BCA4CE #CEBCA4 #A4CEBC

tetradic

#BCA4CE #CEA7A4 #B6CEA4 #A4CBCE

square

#BCA4CE #CEA7A4 #B6CEA4 #A4CBCE

split-complementary

#BCA4CE #CBCEA4 #A4CEA7

monochromatic

#8157A1 #9F7CB9 #BCA4CE #D9CCE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BCA4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4CE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4CE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.065 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdd',
    500: '#bca4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4ce;
$custom-light: #d0bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75347,
    "c": 0.06471,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A93D6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4CE

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

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