#BCA4CF#BCA4CF

#BCA4CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.066 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4CF
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 207)
HSL	hsl(273, 31%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 16.80, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 25.11, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0424 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.066 310)
XYZ	xyz(45.2750, 41.7476, 64.6923)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4CF #B7CFA4

analogous

#A6A4CF #BCA4CF #CFA4CC

triadic

#BCA4CF #CFBCA4 #A4CFBC

tetradic

#BCA4CF #CFA6A4 #B7CFA4 #A4CCCF

square

#BCA4CF #CFA6A4 #B7CFA4 #A4CCCF

split-complementary

#BCA4CF #CCCFA4 #A4CFA6

monochromatic

#8156A3 #9F7CBA #BCA4CF #D9CCE4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCA4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4CF

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4CF	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DACD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.066 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdd',
    500: '#bca4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4cf;
$custom-light: #d0bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.488,
    "s": 30.935,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.06599,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.41747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#AA3C6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4CF

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

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