#BCA4DC#BCA4DC

#BCA4DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.083 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4DC
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 19.53, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 31.81, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0464 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.083 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9302, 42.4097, 73.4098)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4DC #C4DCA4

analogous

#A4A8DC #BCA4DC #D8A4DC

triadic

#BCA4DC #DCBCA4 #A4DCBC

tetradic

#BCA4DC #DCA4A8 #C4DCA4 #A4DCD8

square

#BCA4DC #DCA4A8 #C4DCA4 #A4DCD8

split-complementary

#BCA4DC #DCD8A4 #A8DCA4

monochromatic

#7B4CBA #9B78CB #BCA4DC #DDD0ED #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCA4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCA4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4DC

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4DC	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ADDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAEDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.083 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe7',
    500: '#bca4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4dc;
$custom-light: #d0bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75887,
    "c": 0.08285,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4DC

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B82E7D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4DC

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

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