#BCA4E7#BCA4E7

#BCA4E7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.097 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E7
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 231)
HSL	hsl(261, 58%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 29%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 21.95, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 37.57, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0495 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.097 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4353, 43.0117, 81.3362)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E7 #CFE7A4

analogous

#A4ADE7 #BCA4E7 #DEA4E7

triadic

#BCA4E7 #E7BCA4 #A4E7BC

tetradic

#BCA4E7 #E7A4AD #CFE7A4 #A4E7DE

square

#BCA4E7 #E7A4AD #CFE7A4 #A4E7DE

split-complementary

#BCA4E7 #E7DEA4 #ADE7A4

monochromatic

#7543CD #9874DA #BCA4E7 #E0D4F4 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCA4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E7

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E7	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.097 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfee',
    500: '#bca4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e7;
$custom-light: #d1bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.493,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76338,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E7

secondary

#E8F0DB

accent

#C6208A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E7

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

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