#BCA5DC#BCA5DC

#BCA5DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.081 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5DC
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 44%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 25%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 25%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 18.98, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 31.18, 307.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0449 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.081 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1099, 42.7690, 73.4697)
Luminance	0.4277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5DC #C5DCA5

analogous

#A5A9DC #BCA5DC #D7A5DC

triadic

#BCA5DC #DCBCA5 #A5DCBC

tetradic

#BCA5DC #DCA5A9 #C5DCA5 #A5DCD7

square

#BCA5DC #DCA5A9 #C5DCA5 #A5DCD7

split-complementary

#BCA5DC #DCD7A5 #A9DCA5

monochromatic

#7A4DBA #9B79CB #BCA5DC #DDD1ED #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCA5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5DC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5DC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.081 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe7',
    500: '#bca5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5dc;
$custom-light: #d0bfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.091,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76076,
    "c": 0.08117,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5DC

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B72E7E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5DC

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

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