#BCA5C8#BCA5C8

#BCA5C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.055 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5C8
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 24%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, 14.83, -14.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 20.93, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0386 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.055 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6178, 41.7722, 60.3447)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5C8 #B1C8A5

analogous

#ABA5C8 #BCA5C8 #C8A5C3

triadic

#BCA5C8 #C8BCA5 #A5C8BC

tetradic

#BCA5C8 #C8ABA5 #B1C8A5 #A5C3C8

square

#BCA5C8 #C8ABA5 #B1C8A5 #A5C3C8

split-complementary

#BCA5C8 #C3C8A5 #A5C8AB

monochromatic

#835C97 #A07FB1 #BCA5C8 #D8CBDF #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5C8

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5C8	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.055 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd8',
    500: '#bca5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5c8;
$custom-light: #d0bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.05544,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5C8

secondary

#E3E9E0

accent

#A34364

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5C8

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

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