#BCA4E0#BCA4E0

#BCA4E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.088 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E0
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 224)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, 20.40, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 33.90, 307.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0476 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.088 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4663, 42.6241, 76.2332)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E0 #C8E0A4

analogous

#A4AAE0 #BCA4E0 #DAA4E0

triadic

#BCA4E0 #E0BCA4 #A4E0BC

tetradic

#BCA4E0 #E0A4AA #C8E0A4 #A4E0DA

square

#BCA4E0 #E0A4AA #C8E0A4 #A4E0DA

split-complementary

#BCA4E0 #E0DAA4 #AAE0A4

monochromatic

#7949C1 #9A76D0 #BCA4E0 #DED2F0 #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA4E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCA4E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E0

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E0	1.00	2.20	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.088 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe9',
    500: '#bca4e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e0;
$custom-light: #d0bfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76048,
    "c": 0.08814,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E0

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BC2981

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E0

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

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