#BCA6EB#BCA6EB

#BCA6EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.100 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6EB
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 235)
HSL	hsl(259, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 29.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 21.73, -31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 38.43, 304.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0478 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.1 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3674, 43.9617, 84.4658)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6EB #D5EBA6

analogous

#A6B2EB #BCA6EB #DEA6EB

triadic

#BCA6EB #EBBCA6 #A6EBBC

tetradic

#BCA6EB #EBA6B2 #D5EBA6 #A6EBDE

square

#BCA6EB #EBA6B2 #D5EBA6 #A6EBDE

split-complementary

#BCA6EB #EBDEA6 #B2EBA6

monochromatic

#7142D5 #9674E0 #BCA6EB #E2D8F6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCA6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCA6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6EB

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6EB	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97B1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.100 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0f1',
    500: '#bca6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6eb;
$custom-light: #d1c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.13,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7688,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6EB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CB1A93

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6EB

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

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