#BCA4E4#BCA4E4

#BCA4E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.093 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E4
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 21.28, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 36.00, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0487 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.093 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0152, 42.8437, 79.1238)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E4 #CCE4A4

analogous

#A4ACE4 #BCA4E4 #DCA4E4

triadic

#BCA4E4 #E4BCA4 #A4E4BC

tetradic

#BCA4E4 #E4A4AC #CCE4A4 #A4E4DC

square

#BCA4E4 #E4A4AC #CCE4A4 #A4E4DC

split-complementary

#BCA4E4 #E4DCA4 #ACE4A4

monochromatic

#7746C8 #9975D6 #BCA4E4 #DFD3F2 #EEE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCA4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E4

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E4	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.093 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfec',
    500: '#bca4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e4;
$custom-light: #d1bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76213,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E4

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C22486

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E4

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

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