#BCA6DB#BCA6DB

#BCA6DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.078 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6DB
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 42%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 18.21, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 30.02, 307.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0432 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.078 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1589, 43.0783, 72.8346)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6DB #C5DBA6

analogous

#A6AADB #BCA6DB #D6A6DB

triadic

#BCA6DB #DBBCA6 #A6DBBC

tetradic

#BCA6DB #DBA6AA #C5DBA6 #A6DBD6

square

#BCA6DB #DBA6AA #C5DBA6 #A6DBD6

split-complementary

#BCA6DB #DBD6A6 #AADBA6

monochromatic

#7A4FB8 #9B7AC9 #BCA6DB #DDD2ED #EFE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCA6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCA6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6DB

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6DB	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7ADB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.078 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0e6',
    500: '#bca6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6db;
$custom-light: #d0c0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76226,
    "c": 0.07817,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6DB

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B5307E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6DB

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

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