#BCA6CC#BCA6CC

#BCA6CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.059 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6CC
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 204)
HSL	hsl(275, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, 15.08, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 22.28, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0384 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.059 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2725, 42.3238, 62.8993)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6CC #B6CCA6

analogous

#A9A6CC #BCA6CC #CCA6C9

triadic

#BCA6CC #CCBCA6 #A6CCBC

tetradic

#BCA6CC #CCA9A6 #B6CCA6 #A6C9CC

square

#BCA6CC #CCA9A6 #B6CCA6 #A6C9CC

split-complementary

#BCA6CC #C9CCA6 #A6CCA9

monochromatic

#815A9D #9F7FB6 #BCA6CC #D9CDE2 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCA6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6CC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6CC	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)

#A1ADCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.059 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0db',
    500: '#bca6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6cc;
$custom-light: #d0c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 27.143,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.05867,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6CC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A6406B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6CC

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

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