#BCA4EA#BCA4EA

#BCA4EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.101 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4EA
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(261, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 29.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 22.62, -31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 39.15, 305.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0503 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.101 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8626, 43.1826, 83.5868)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4EA #D2EAA4

analogous

#A4AFEA #BCA4EA #DFA4EA

triadic

#BCA4EA #EABCA4 #A4EABC

tetradic

#BCA4EA #EAA4AF #D2EAA4 #A4EADF

square

#BCA4EA #EAA4AF #D2EAA4 #A4EADF

split-complementary

#BCA4EA #EADFA4 #AFEAA4

monochromatic

#7341D3 #9772DF #BCA4EA #E1D6F5 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCA4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCA4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4EA

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4EA	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AFE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.101 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff1',
    500: '#bca4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4ea;
$custom-light: #d1bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76465,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CA1B8E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4EA

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

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