#BCA5DA#BCA5DA

#BCA5DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.079 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5DA
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 218)
HSL	hsl(266, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 18.55, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 30.13, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0444 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.079 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8466, 42.6637, 72.0830)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5DA #C3DAA5

analogous

#A5A8DA #BCA5DA #D7A5DA

triadic

#BCA5DA #DABCA5 #A5DABC

tetradic

#BCA5DA #DAA5A8 #C3DAA5 #A5DAD7

square

#BCA5DA #DAA5A8 #C3DAA5 #A5DAD7

split-complementary

#BCA5DA #DAD7A5 #A8DAA5

monochromatic

#7B4EB6 #9C7AC8 #BCA5DA #DCD0EC #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCA5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5DA

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5DA	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8ACB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.079 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe5',
    500: '#bca5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5da;
$custom-light: #d0bfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.038,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75997,
    "c": 0.07854,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5DA

secondary

#E6EDDE

accent

#B5317B

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5DA

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

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