#BCA5CF#BCA5CF

#BCA5CF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.064 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5CF
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(273, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 16.25, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 24.46, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0409 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.064 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4547, 42.1069, 64.7522)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5CF #B8CFA5

analogous

#A7A5CF #BCA5CF #CFA5CD

triadic

#BCA5CF #CFBCA5 #A5CFBC

tetradic

#BCA5CF #CFA7A5 #B8CFA5 #A5CDCF

square

#BCA5CF #CFA7A5 #B8CFA5 #A5CDCF

split-complementary

#BCA5CF #CDCFA5 #A5CFA7

monochromatic

#8057A3 #9E7DBA #BCA5CF #DACDE4 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCA5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5CF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5CF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FADD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.064 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfdd',
    500: '#bca5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5cf;
$custom-light: #d0bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 30.435,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.06423,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A93C6E

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5CF

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

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