#BCA8CB#BCA8CB

#BCA8CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.054 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8CB
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(274, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 13.77, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 20.48, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0351 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.054 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5193, 43.0087, 62.3918)
Luminance	0.4301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8CB #B7CBA8

analogous

#AAA8CB #BCA8CB #CBA8C8

triadic

#BCA8CB #CBBCA8 #A8CBBC

tetradic

#BCA8CB #CBAAA8 #B7CBA8 #A8C8CB

square

#BCA8CB #CBAAA8 #B7CBA8 #A8C8CB

split-complementary

#BCA8CB #C8CBA8 #A8CBAA

monochromatic

#815D9C #9F82B4 #BCA8CB #D9CEE2 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BCA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BCA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8CB

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8CB	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.054 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1da',
    500: '#bca8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8cb;
$custom-light: #d0c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 25.18,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7601,
    "c": 0.05389,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8CB

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A4426C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8CB

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

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