#BCA4EC#BCA4EC

#BCA4EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.104 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4EC
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 236)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 30.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 23.07, -32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 40.20, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0508 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.104 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1515, 43.2982, 85.1085)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4EC #D4ECA4

analogous

#A4B0EC #BCA4EC #E0A4EC

triadic

#BCA4EC #ECBCA4 #A4ECBC

tetradic

#BCA4EC #ECA4B0 #D4ECA4 #A4ECE0

square

#BCA4EC #ECA4B0 #D4ECA4 #A4ECE0

split-complementary

#BCA4EC #ECE0A4 #B0ECA4

monochromatic

#713FD7 #9771E1 #BCA4EC #E1D7F7 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCA4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#BCA4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4EC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4EC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98AFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.104 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff2',
    500: '#bca4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4ec;
$custom-light: #d1bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4EC

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CD1891

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4EC

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

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