#BCA4E2#BCA4E2

#BCA4E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.091 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E2
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 27%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 20.84, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 34.95, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0481 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.091 302)
XYZ	xyz(47.7392, 42.7333, 77.6701)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E2 #CAE2A4

analogous

#A4ABE2 #BCA4E2 #DBA4E2

triadic

#BCA4E2 #E2BCA4 #A4E2BC

tetradic

#BCA4E2 #E2A4AB #CAE2A4 #A4E2DB

square

#BCA4E2 #E2A4AB #CAE2A4 #A4E2DB

split-complementary

#BCA4E2 #E2DBA4 #ABE2A4

monochromatic

#7847C4 #9A76D3 #BCA4E2 #DED2F1 #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCA4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E2

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E2	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CAFE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.091 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfeb',
    500: '#bca4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e2;
$custom-light: #d1bfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7613,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.42733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E2

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#BF2684

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E2

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

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