#BCA5EA#BCA5EA

#BCA5EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.100 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5EA
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 234)
HSL	hsl(260, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 29.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 22.06, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 38.53, 304.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0489 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.1 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0422, 43.5420, 83.6467)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5EA #D3EAA5

analogous

#A5B0EA #BCA5EA #DEA5EA

triadic

#BCA5EA #EABCA5 #A5EABC

tetradic

#BCA5EA #EAA5B0 #D3EAA5 #A5EADE

square

#BCA5EA #EAA5B0 #D3EAA5 #A5EADE

split-complementary

#BCA5EA #EADEA5 #B0EAA5

monochromatic

#7242D3 #9773DE #BCA5EA #E1D7F6 #EDE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCA5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BCA5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5EA

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5EA	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.100 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff1',
    500: '#bca5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5ea;
$custom-light: #d1bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CA1C90

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5EA

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

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