#BCA5EE#BCA5EE

#BCA5EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.105 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5EE
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 238)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 30.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 22.97, -33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 40.64, 304.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.05 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.105 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6234, 43.7744, 86.7073)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5EE #D7EEA5

analogous

#A5B3EE #BCA5EE #E1A5EE

triadic

#BCA5EE #EEBCA5 #A5EEBC

tetradic

#BCA5EE #EEA5B3 #D7EEA5 #A5EEE1

square

#BCA5EE #EEA5B3 #D7EEA5 #A5EEE1

split-complementary

#BCA5EE #EEE1A5 #B3EEA5

monochromatic

#6F3EDB #9672E4 #BCA5EE #E2D8F8 #ECE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCA5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCA5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5EE

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5EE	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.105 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bff3',
    500: '#bca5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5ee;
$custom-light: #d1bff3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.904,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76823,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5EE

secondary

#EAF2D9

accent

#D01595

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5EE

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

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