#BCA6EA#BCA6EA

#BCA6EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.098 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6EA
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 21.51, -31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 37.90, 304.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% 0.0475 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.098 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2233, 43.9041, 83.7070)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6EA #D4EAA6

analogous

#A6B2EA #BCA6EA #DEA6EA

triadic

#BCA6EA #EABCA6 #A6EABC

tetradic

#BCA6EA #EAA6B2 #D4EAA6 #A6EADE

square

#BCA6EA #EAA6B2 #D4EAA6 #A6EADE

split-complementary

#BCA6EA #EADEA6 #B2EAA6

monochromatic

#7143D3 #9774DE #BCA6EA #E1D8F6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCA6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCA6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6EA

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6EA	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.098 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0f1',
    500: '#bca6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6ea;
$custom-light: #d1c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6EA

secondary

#E9F1DA

accent

#CA1C91

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6EA

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

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