#BCA6CA#BCA6CA

#BCA6CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.056 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6CA
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 202)
HSL	hsl(277, 25%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(277, 18%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 14.68, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 21.28, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.0378 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.056 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0342, 42.2284, 61.6441)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6CA #B4CAA6

analogous

#AAA6CA #BCA6CA #CAA6C6

triadic

#BCA6CA #CABCA6 #A6CABC

tetradic

#BCA6CA #CAAAA6 #B4CAA6 #A6C6CA

square

#BCA6CA #CAAAA6 #B4CAA6 #A6C6CA

split-complementary

#BCA6CA #C6CAA6 #A6CAAA

monochromatic

#825C9A #9F80B3 #BCA6CA #D9CCE1 #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCA6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6CA

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6CA	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.056 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0da',
    500: '#bca6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6ca;
$custom-light: #d0c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 25.352,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75586,
    "c": 0.05615,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6CA

secondary

#E4EAE1

accent

#A44268

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6CA

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

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