#BCA4DA#BCA4DA

#BCA4DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.080 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4DA
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 218)
HSL	hsl(267, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(267, 25%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 24.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 19.11, -24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 30.77, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0458 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.08 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6670, 42.3044, 72.0231)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4DA #C2DAA4

analogous

#A4A7DA #BCA4DA #D7A4DA

triadic

#BCA4DA #DABCA4 #A4DABC

tetradic

#BCA4DA #DAA4A7 #C2DAA4 #A4DAD7

square

#BCA4DA #DAA4A7 #C2DAA4 #A4DAD7

split-complementary

#BCA4DA #DAD7A4 #A7DAA4

monochromatic

#7C4DB7 #9C78C8 #BCA4DA #DCD0EC #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCA4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4DA

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4DA	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.080 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe5',
    500: '#bca4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4da;
$custom-light: #d0bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 42.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75807,
    "c": 0.08023,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4DA

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B5307A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4DA

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

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