#BCA4DB#BCA4DB

#BCA4DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.082 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4DB
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 219)
HSL	hsl(266, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 19.32, -24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 31.29, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0461 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.082 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7982, 42.3569, 72.7144)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4DB #C3DBA4

analogous

#A4A7DB #BCA4DB #D8A4DB

triadic

#BCA4DB #DBBCA4 #A4DBBC

tetradic

#BCA4DB #DBA4A7 #C3DBA4 #A4DBD8

square

#BCA4DB #DBA4A7 #C3DBA4 #A4DBD8

split-complementary

#BCA4DB #DBD8A4 #A7DBA4

monochromatic

#7B4CB8 #9C78CA #BCA4DB #DCD0EC #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BCA4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4DB

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4DB	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AADDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ACB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.082 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe6',
    500: '#bca4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4db;
$custom-light: #d0bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75847,
    "c": 0.08154,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4DB

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B62F7B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4DB

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

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