#BCA4E5#BCA4E5

#BCA4E5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.095 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E5
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 229)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 21.50, -29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 36.52, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.049 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.095 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1544, 42.8994, 79.8570)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E5 #CDE5A4

analogous

#A4ADE5 #BCA4E5 #DDA4E5

triadic

#BCA4E5 #E5BCA4 #A4E5BC

tetradic

#BCA4E5 #E5A4AD #CDE5A4 #A4E5DD

square

#BCA4E5 #E5A4AD #CDE5A4 #A4E5DD

split-complementary

#BCA4E5 #E5DDA4 #ADE5A4

monochromatic

#7645CA #9974D7 #BCA4E5 #DFD4F3 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCA4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E5

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E5	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.095 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfed',
    500: '#bca4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e5;
$custom-light: #d1bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.154,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76254,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E5

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C32288

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E5

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

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