#BCA4E8#BCA4E8

#BCA4E8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.099 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E8
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 29%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, 22.17, -30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 38.10, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.0498 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.099 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5769, 43.0684, 82.0821)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E8 #D0E8A4

analogous

#A4AEE8 #BCA4E8 #DEA4E8

triadic

#BCA4E8 #E8BCA4 #A4E8BC

tetradic

#BCA4E8 #E8A4AE #D0E8A4 #A4E8DE

square

#BCA4E8 #E8A4AE #D0E8A4 #A4E8DE

split-complementary

#BCA4E8 #E8DEA4 #AEE8A4

monochromatic

#7442CF #9873DC #BCA4E8 #E0D5F4 #EDE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCA4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BCA4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E8

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E8	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.099 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfef',
    500: '#bca4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e8;
$custom-light: #d1bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7638,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E8

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C71E8C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E8

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

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