#BCA4E1#BCA4E1

#BCA4E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.089 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E1
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 225)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 27%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 20.62, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 34.43, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0478 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.089 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6023, 42.6785, 76.9495)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E1 #C9E1A4

analogous

#A4ABE1 #BCA4E1 #DBA4E1

triadic

#BCA4E1 #E1BCA4 #A4E1BC

tetradic

#BCA4E1 #E1A4AB #C9E1A4 #A4E1DB

square

#BCA4E1 #E1A4AB #C9E1A4 #A4E1DB

split-complementary

#BCA4E1 #E1DBA4 #ABE1A4

monochromatic

#7848C3 #9A76D2 #BCA4E1 #DED2F0 #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BCA4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E1

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E1	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.089 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfea',
    500: '#bca4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e1;
$custom-light: #d0bfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.607,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76089,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E1

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BE2883

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E1

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

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