#BCA5DB#BCA5DB

#BCA5DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.080 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5DB
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 219)
HSL	hsl(266, 43%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 18.77, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 30.66, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0447 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.08 304)
XYZ	xyz(46.9779, 42.7162, 72.7743)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5DB #C4DBA5

analogous

#A5A9DB #BCA5DB #D7A5DB

triadic

#BCA5DB #DBBCA5 #A5DBBC

tetradic

#BCA5DB #DBA5A9 #C4DBA5 #A5DBD7

square

#BCA5DB #DBA5A9 #C4DBA5 #A5DBD7

split-complementary

#BCA5DB #DBD7A5 #A9DBA5

monochromatic

#7B4EB8 #9B79CA #BCA5DB #DDD1EC #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BCA5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5DB

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5DB	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.080 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe6',
    500: '#bca5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5db;
$custom-light: #d0bfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76036,
    "c": 0.07985,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.42716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5DB

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B6307D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5DB

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

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