#BCA6CB#BCA6CB

#BCA6CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.057 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6CB
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(276, 26%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(276, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 14.88, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 21.78, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0381 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.057 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.1529, 42.2759, 62.2697)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6CB #B5CBA6

analogous

#AAA6CB #BCA6CB #CBA6C7

triadic

#BCA6CB #CBBCA6 #A6CBBC

tetradic

#BCA6CB #CBAAA6 #B5CBA6 #A6C7CB

square

#BCA6CB #CBAAA6 #B5CBA6 #A6C7CB

split-complementary

#BCA6CB #C7CBA6 #A6CBAA

monochromatic

#815B9C #9F7FB4 #BCA6CB #D9CDE2 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCA6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6CB

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6CB	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ADCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.057 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0da',
    500: '#bca6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6cb;
$custom-light: #d0c0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 26.241,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75622,
    "c": 0.05741,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6CB

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A54169

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6CB

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

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