#BCA5EC#BCA5EC

#BCA5EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.102 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5EC
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 30.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 22.51, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 39.58, 304.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0494 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.102 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3312, 43.6575, 85.1684)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5EC #D5ECA5

analogous

#A5B1EC #BCA5EC #DFA5EC

triadic

#BCA5EC #ECBCA5 #A5ECBC

tetradic

#BCA5EC #ECA5B1 #D5ECA5 #A5ECDF

square

#BCA5EC #ECA5B1 #D5ECA5 #A5ECDF

split-complementary

#BCA5EC #ECDFA5 #B1ECA5

monochromatic

#7140D7 #9672E1 #BCA5EC #E2D8F7 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCA5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BCA5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5EC

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5EC	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99B0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.102 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff2',
    500: '#bca5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5ec;
$custom-light: #d1bff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.437,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76737,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5EC

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CD1993

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5EC

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

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