#BCA5CA#BCA5CA

#BCA5CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.058 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5CA
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(277, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 15.23, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 21.93, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.0393 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.058 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8531, 41.8663, 61.5838)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5CA #B3CAA5

analogous

#AAA5CA #BCA5CA #CAA5C6

triadic

#BCA5CA #CABCA5 #A5CABC

tetradic

#BCA5CA #CAAAA5 #B3CAA5 #A5C6CA

square

#BCA5CA #CAAAA5 #B3CAA5 #A5C6CA

split-complementary

#BCA5CA #C6CAA5 #A5CAAA

monochromatic

#825B9A #9F7EB3 #BCA5CA #D9CCE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCA5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCA5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5CA

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5CA	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.058 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfda',
    500: '#bca5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5ca;
$custom-light: #d0bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 25.874,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.05792,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5CA

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A44167

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5CA

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

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