#BCA8CD#BCA8CD

#BCA8CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.056 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8CD
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 27%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 14.18, -16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 21.49, 311.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% 0.0358 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.056 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7592, 43.1047, 63.6552)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8CD #B9CDA8

analogous

#A9A8CD #BCA8CD #CDA8CB

triadic

#BCA8CD #CDBCA8 #A8CDBC

tetradic

#BCA8CD #CDA9A8 #B9CDA8 #A8CBCD

square

#BCA8CD #CDA9A8 #B9CDA8 #A8CBCD

split-complementary

#BCA8CD #CBCDA8 #A8CDA9

monochromatic

#805B9F #9E81B7 #BCA8CD #DACFE3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BCA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8CD

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8CD	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAACB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.056 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1dc',
    500: '#bca8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8cd;
$custom-light: #d0c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 27.007,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76082,
    "c": 0.05645,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8CD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A6406F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8CD

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

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