#BCA6EC#BCA6EC

#BCA6EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6EC
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 236)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(259, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 21.96, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 38.96, 304.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.048 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.101 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5123, 44.0197, 85.2288)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6EC #D6ECA6

analogous

#A6B3EC #BCA6EC #DFA6EC

triadic

#BCA6EC #ECBCA6 #A6ECBC

tetradic

#BCA6EC #ECA6B3 #D6ECA6 #A6ECDF

square

#BCA6EC #ECA6B3 #D6ECA6 #A6ECDF

split-complementary

#BCA6EC #ECDFA6 #B3ECA6

monochromatic

#7041D6 #9674E1 #BCA6EC #E2D8F7 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCA6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCA6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6EC

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6EC	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c0f2',
    500: '#bca6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6ec;
$custom-light: #d1c0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6EC

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CD1994

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6EC

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

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