#BCA5DF#BCA5DF

#BCA5DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.085 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5DF
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 223)
HSL	hsl(264, 48%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 26%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 19.63, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 32.75, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0458 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.085 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5108, 42.9294, 75.5809)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5DF #C8DFA5

analogous

#A5ABDF #BCA5DF #D9A5DF

triadic

#BCA5DF #DFBCA5 #A5DFBC

tetradic

#BCA5DF #DFA5AB #C8DFA5 #A5DFD9

square

#BCA5DF #DFA5AB #C8DFA5 #A5DFD9

split-complementary

#BCA5DF #DFD9A5 #ABDFA5

monochromatic

#794BBF #9A78CF #BCA5DF #DED2EF #EEE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCA5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5DF

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5DF	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.085 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfe9',
    500: '#bca5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5df;
$custom-light: #d0bfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.793,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76196,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5DF

secondary

#E7EEDD

accent

#BB2B82

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5DF

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

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