#BCA4EB#BCA4EB

#BCA4EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.103 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4EB
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 30.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 22.84, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 39.68, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0506 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.103 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0066, 43.2403, 84.3455)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4EB #D3EBA4

analogous

#A4AFEB #BCA4EB #DFA4EB

triadic

#BCA4EB #EBBCA4 #A4EBBC

tetradic

#BCA4EB #EBA4AF #D3EBA4 #A4EBDF

square

#BCA4EB #EBA4AF #D3EBA4 #A4EBDF

split-complementary

#BCA4EB #EBDFA4 #AFEBA4

monochromatic

#7240D5 #9772E0 #BCA4EB #E1D6F6 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCA4EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BCA4EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4EB

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4EB	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.103 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff1',
    500: '#bca4eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4eb;
$custom-light: #d1bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.282,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76508,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4EB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CC1A90

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4EB

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

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