#BCA8DB#BCA8DB

#BCA8DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.075 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8DB
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 219)
HSL	hsl(264, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 17.11, -23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 28.75, 306.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% 0.0403 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.075 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5253, 43.8111, 72.9567)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8DB #C7DBA8

analogous

#A8ADDB #BCA8DB #D5A8DB

triadic

#BCA8DB #DBBCA8 #A8DBBC

tetradic

#BCA8DB #DBA8AD #C7DBA8 #A8DBD5

square

#BCA8DB #DBA8AD #C7DBA8 #A8DBD5

split-complementary

#BCA8DB #DBD5A8 #ADDBA8

monochromatic

#7951B7 #9B7DC9 #BCA8DB #DDD3ED #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCA8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCA8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8DB

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8DB	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.075 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e6',
    500: '#bca8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8db;
$custom-light: #d0c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76607,
    "c": 0.07482,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8DB

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B53181

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8DB

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

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