#BCA5DE#BCA5DE

#BCA5DE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.084 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5DE
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 222)
HSL	hsl(264, 46%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 19.41, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 32.22, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0455 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.084 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3764, 42.8756, 74.8730)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5DE #C7DEA5

analogous

#A5AADE #BCA5DE #D8A5DE

triadic

#BCA5DE #DEBCA5 #A5DEBC

tetradic

#BCA5DE #DEA5AA #C7DEA5 #A5DED8

square

#BCA5DE #DEA5AA #C7DEA5 #A5DED8

split-complementary

#BCA5DE #DED8A5 #AADEA5

monochromatic

#794BBD #9B78CE #BCA5DE #DDD2EE #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BCA5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5DE

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5DE	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.084 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe8',
    500: '#bca5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5de;
$custom-light: #d0bfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76156,
    "c": 0.08382,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5DE

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BA2C80

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5DE

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

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