#BCA5CE#BCA5CE

#BCA5CE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.063 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5CE
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 16.04, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 23.95, 312.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0406 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.063 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3328, 42.0582, 64.1104)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5CE #B7CEA5

analogous

#A8A5CE #BCA5CE #CEA5CB

triadic

#BCA5CE #CEBCA5 #A5CEBC

tetradic

#BCA5CE #CEA8A5 #B7CEA5 #A5CBCE

square

#BCA5CE #CEA8A5 #B7CEA5 #A5CBCE

split-complementary

#BCA5CE #CBCEA5 #A5CEA8

monochromatic

#8158A1 #9F7DB8 #BCA5CE #D9CDE4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5CE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5CE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.063 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdd',
    500: '#bca5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5ce;
$custom-light: #d0bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75539,
    "c": 0.06297,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5CE

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83D6C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5CE

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

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