#BCA8DA#BCA8DA

#BCA8DA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.073 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8DA
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 218)
HSL	hsl(264, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 22.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 16.89, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 28.23, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.04 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.073 303)
XYZ	xyz(47.3941, 43.7586, 72.2655)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8DA #C6DAA8

analogous

#A8ADDA #BCA8DA #D5A8DA

triadic

#BCA8DA #DABCA8 #A8DABC

tetradic

#BCA8DA #DAA8AD #C6DAA8 #A8DAD5

square

#BCA8DA #DAA8AD #C6DAA8 #A8DAD5

split-complementary

#BCA8DA #DAD5A8 #ADDAA8

monochromatic

#7A52B5 #9B7DC8 #BCA8DA #DDD3EC #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCA8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCA8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8DA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8DA	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.073 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e5',
    500: '#bca8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8da;
$custom-light: #d0c2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76568,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.43759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8DA

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B33280

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8DA

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

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