#BCA5CC#BCA5CC

#BCA5CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.060 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5CC
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(275, 28%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(275, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 15.63, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 22.94, 312.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% 0.0399 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.06 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0914, 41.9616, 62.8390)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5CC #B5CCA5

analogous

#A9A5CC #BCA5CC #CCA5C9

triadic

#BCA5CC #CCBCA5 #A5CCBC

tetradic

#BCA5CC #CCA9A5 #B5CCA5 #A5C9CC

square

#BCA5CC #CCA9A5 #B5CCA5 #A5C9CC

split-complementary

#BCA5CC #C9CCA5 #A5CCA9

monochromatic

#81599D #9F7EB6 #BCA5CC #D9CCE2 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5CC

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5CC	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.060 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdb',
    500: '#bca5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5cc;
$custom-light: #d0bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75466,
    "c": 0.06043,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5CC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A63F6A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5CC

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

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