#BCA4E9#BCA4E9

#BCA4E9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.100 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E9
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 22.39, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 38.63, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0501 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.1 300)
XYZ	xyz(48.7193, 43.1253, 82.8323)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E9 #D1E9A4

analogous

#A4AEE9 #BCA4E9 #DFA4E9

triadic

#BCA4E9 #E9BCA4 #A4E9BC

tetradic

#BCA4E9 #E9A4AE #D1E9A4 #A4E9DF

square

#BCA4E9 #E9A4AE #D1E9A4 #A4E9DF

split-complementary

#BCA4E9 #E9DFA4 #AEE9A4

monochromatic

#7341D1 #9873DD #BCA4E9 #E0D5F5 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCA4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BCA4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E9

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E9	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.100 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff0',
    500: '#bca4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e9;
$custom-light: #d1bff0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.43125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E9

secondary

#E9F0DB

accent

#C91D8D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E9

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

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