#BCA4EF#BCA4EF

#BCA4EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.108 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4EF
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 239)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 23.75, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 41.78, 304.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% 0.0516 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.108 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5910, 43.4740, 87.4233)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4EF #D7EFA4

analogous

#A4B2EF #BCA4EF #E2A4EF

triadic

#BCA4EF #EFBCA4 #A4EFBC

tetradic

#BCA4EF #EFA4B2 #D7EFA4 #A4EFE2

square

#BCA4EF #EFA4B2 #D7EFA4 #A4EFE2

split-complementary

#BCA4EF #EFE2A4 #B2EFA4

monochromatic

#6F3CDD #9670E6 #BCA4EF #E2D8F8 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCA4EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCA4EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4EF

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4EF	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93B0F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.108 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff4',
    500: '#bca4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4ef;
$custom-light: #d1bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76681,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4EF

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D21395

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4EF

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

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