#BCA5F8#BCA5F8

#BCA5F8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.119 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5F8
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 248)
HSL	hsl(257, 86%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(257, 33%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 25.27, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 45.91, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0524 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.119 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1335, 44.3785, 94.6607)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5F8 #E1F8A5

analogous

#A5B7F8 #BCA5F8 #E6A5F8

triadic

#BCA5F8 #F8BCA5 #A5F8BC

tetradic

#BCA5F8 #F8A5B7 #E1F8A5 #A5F8E6

square

#BCA5F8 #F8A5B7 #E1F8A5 #A5F8E6

split-complementary

#BCA5F8 #F8E6A5 #B7F8A5

monochromatic

#6733EF #926CF4 #BCA5F8 #E6DEFC #EAE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCA5F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCA5F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5F8

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5F8	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90B2FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.119 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bffb',
    500: '#bca5f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5f8;
$custom-light: #d1bffb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.627,
    "s": 85.567,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77264,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5F8

secondary

#ECF5D6

accent

#E203A4

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F7FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5F8

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

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