#BCA8CA#BCA8CA

#BCA8CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.053 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8CA
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(275, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 17%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 13.57, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 19.97, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0348 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.053 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4005, 42.9612, 61.7663)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8CA #B6CAA8

analogous

#ABA8CA #BCA8CA #CAA8C7

triadic

#BCA8CA #CABCA8 #A8CABC

tetradic

#BCA8CA #CAABA8 #B6CAA8 #A8C7CA

square

#BCA8CA #CAABA8 #B6CAA8 #A8C7CA

split-complementary

#BCA8CA #C7CAA8 #A8CAAB

monochromatic

#815E9A #9F82B3 #BCA8CA #D9CEE1 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BCA8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8CA

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8CA	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.053 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1da',
    500: '#bca8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ca;
$custom-light: #d0c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 24.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75974,
    "c": 0.05262,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8CA

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A3436A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8CA

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

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