#BCA4DE#BCA4DE

#BCA4DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.085 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4DE
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 222)
HSL	hsl(265, 47%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(265, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 26.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 19.97, -26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 32.86, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.047 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.085 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1967, 42.5163, 74.8131)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4DE #C6DEA4

analogous

#A4A9DE #BCA4DE #D9A4DE

triadic

#BCA4DE #DEBCA4 #A4DEBC

tetradic

#BCA4DE #DEA4A9 #C6DEA4 #A4DED9

square

#BCA4DE #DEA4A9 #C6DEA4 #A4DED9

split-complementary

#BCA4DE #DED9A4 #A9DEA4

monochromatic

#7A4ABD #9B77CE #BCA4DE #DDD1EE #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCA4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCA4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4DE

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4DE	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ACB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.085 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe8',
    500: '#bca4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4de;
$custom-light: #d0bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75967,
    "c": 0.08549,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4DE

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BA2B7F

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4DE

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

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