#BCA4E6#BCA4E6

#BCA4E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.096 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E6
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 230)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 29%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 21.72, -30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 37.05, 305.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0492 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.096 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.2944, 42.9554, 80.5945)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E6 #CEE6A4

analogous

#A4ADE6 #BCA4E6 #DDA4E6

triadic

#BCA4E6 #E6BCA4 #A4E6BC

tetradic

#BCA4E6 #E6A4AD #CEE6A4 #A4E6DD

square

#BCA4E6 #E6A4AD #CEE6A4 #A4E6DD

split-complementary

#BCA4E6 #E6DDA4 #ADE6A4

monochromatic

#7544CC #9974D9 #BCA4E6 #DFD4F3 #EDE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCA4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E6

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E6	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.096 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfee',
    500: '#bca4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e6;
$custom-light: #d1bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76296,
    "c": 0.09609,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E6

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C42189

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E6

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

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