#BCA5EB#BCA5EB

#BCA5EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.101 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5EB
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 235)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(260, 30%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 29.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 22.29, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 39.05, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0492 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.101 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1863, 43.5996, 84.4054)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5EB #D4EBA5

analogous

#A5B1EB #BCA5EB #DFA5EB

triadic

#BCA5EB #EBBCA5 #A5EBBC

tetradic

#BCA5EB #EBA5B1 #D4EBA5 #A5EBDF

square

#BCA5EB #EBA5B1 #D4EBA5 #A5EBDF

split-complementary

#BCA5EB #EBDFA5 #B1EBA5

monochromatic

#7141D5 #9773E0 #BCA5EB #E1D7F6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCA5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCA5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5EB

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5EB	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.101 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff1',
    500: '#bca5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5eb;
$custom-light: #d1bff1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5EB

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CB1A91

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5EB

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

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