#BCA5CD#BCA5CD

#BCA5CD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.062 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5CD
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 15.84, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 23.44, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0403 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.062 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2117, 42.0098, 63.4727)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5CD #B6CDA5

analogous

#A8A5CD #BCA5CD #CDA5CA

triadic

#BCA5CD #CDBCA5 #A5CDBC

tetradic

#BCA5CD #CDA8A5 #B6CDA5 #A5CACD

square

#BCA5CD #CDA8A5 #B6CDA5 #A5CACD

split-complementary

#BCA5CD #CACDA5 #A5CDA8

monochromatic

#81589F #9F7EB7 #BCA5CD #D9CCE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5CD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5CD	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.062 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdc',
    500: '#bca5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5cd;
$custom-light: #d0bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75502,
    "c": 0.0617,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5CD

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A73E6B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5CD

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

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