#BCA8CF#BCA8CF

#BCA8CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.059 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8CF
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(271, 29%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 14.59, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 22.52, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0365 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.059 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0022, 43.2019, 64.9347)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8CF #BBCFA8

analogous

#A8A8CF #BCA8CF #CFA8CE

triadic

#BCA8CF #CFBCA8 #A8CFBC

tetradic

#BCA8CF #CFA8A8 #BBCFA8 #A8CECF

square

#BCA8CF #CFA8A8 #BBCFA8 #A8CECF

split-complementary

#BCA8CF #CECFA8 #A8CFA8

monochromatic

#7F5AA3 #9E81B9 #BCA8CF #DACFE5 #F0EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BCA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BCA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8CF

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8CF	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.059 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1dd',
    500: '#bca8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8cf;
$custom-light: #d0c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76154,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8CF

secondary

#E5EBE0

accent

#A83E71

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8CF

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

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