#BCA8DC#BCA8DC

#BCA8DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.076 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8DC
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 220)
HSL	hsl(263, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 24%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, 17.32, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 29.28, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% 0.0406 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.076 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6574, 43.8639, 73.6522)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8DC #C8DCA8

analogous

#A8AEDC #BCA8DC #D6A8DC

triadic

#BCA8DC #DCBCA8 #A8DCBC

tetradic

#BCA8DC #DCA8AE #C8DCA8 #A8DCD6

square

#BCA8DC #DCA8AE #C8DCA8 #A8DCD6

split-complementary

#BCA8DC #DCD6A8 #AEDCA8

monochromatic

#7951B9 #9A7CCA #BCA8DC #DED4EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCA8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCA8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8DC

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8DC	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.076 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e7',
    500: '#bca8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8dc;
$custom-light: #d0c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76646,
    "c": 0.07616,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8DC

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B63082

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8DC

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

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