#BCA7CD#BCA7CD

#BCA7CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.058 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA7CD
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 19%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 14.73, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 22.14, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0373 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.058 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5753, 42.7369, 63.5938)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA7CD #B8CDA7

analogous

#A9A7CD #BCA7CD #CDA7CB

triadic

#BCA7CD #CDBCA7 #A7CDBC

tetradic

#BCA7CD #CDA9A7 #B8CDA7 #A7CBCD

square

#BCA7CD #CDA9A7 #B8CDA7 #A7CBCD

split-complementary

#BCA7CD #CBCDA7 #A7CDA9

monochromatic

#805A9F #9E80B7 #BCA7CD #DACEE3 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCA7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA7CD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA7CD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.058 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1dc',
    500: '#bca7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca7cd;
$custom-light: #d0c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.158,
    "s": 27.536,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75888,
    "c": 0.05819,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA7CD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A63F6D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA7CD

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

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