#BCA5ED#BCA5ED

#BCA5ED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.104 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5ED
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 237)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 22.74, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 40.11, 304.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0497 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.104 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4769, 43.7158, 85.9357)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5ED #D6EDA5

analogous

#A5B2ED #BCA5ED #E0A5ED

triadic

#BCA5ED #EDBCA5 #A5EDBC

tetradic

#BCA5ED #EDA5B2 #D6EDA5 #A5EDE0

square

#BCA5ED #EDA5B2 #D6EDA5 #A5EDE0

split-complementary

#BCA5ED #EDE0A5 #B2EDA5

monochromatic

#703FD9 #9672E3 #BCA5ED #E2D8F7 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCA5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCA5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5ED

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5ED	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95B1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.104 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff3',
    500: '#bca5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5ed;
$custom-light: #d1bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76779,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5ED

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CF1794

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5ED

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

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