#BCA5CB#BCA5CB

#BCA5CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.059 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5CB
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(276, 27%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 15.43, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 22.43, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0396 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.059 312)
XYZ	xyz(44.9719, 41.9138, 62.2093)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5CB #B4CBA5

analogous

#A9A5CB #BCA5CB #CBA5C7

triadic

#BCA5CB #CBBCA5 #A5CBBC

tetradic

#BCA5CB #CBA9A5 #B4CBA5 #A5C7CB

square

#BCA5CB #CBA9A5 #B4CBA5 #A5C7CB

split-complementary

#BCA5CB #C7CBA5 #A5CBA9

monochromatic

#825A9C #9F7EB5 #BCA5CB #D9CCE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5CB

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5CB	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBA9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.059 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfda',
    500: '#bca5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5cb;
$custom-light: #d0bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75429,
    "c": 0.05917,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5CB

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A54068

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5CB

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

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