#BCA4DD#BCA4DD

#BCA4DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.084 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4DD
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 46%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 19.75, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 32.34, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0467 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.084 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0631, 42.4628, 74.1094)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4DD #C5DDA4

analogous

#A4A8DD #BCA4DD #D8A4DD

triadic

#BCA4DD #DDBCA4 #A4DDBC

tetradic

#BCA4DD #DDA4A8 #C5DDA4 #A4DDD8

square

#BCA4DD #DDA4A8 #C5DDA4 #A4DDD8

split-complementary

#BCA4DD #DDD8A4 #A8DDA4

monochromatic

#7A4BBC #9B77CC #BCA4DD #DDD1EE #EFE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCA4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCA4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4DD

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4DD	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.084 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe7',
    500: '#bca4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4dd;
$custom-light: #d0bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.08417,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4DD

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#B92D7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4DD

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

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