#BCA8DD#BCA8DD

#BCA8DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.077 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8DD
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 221)
HSL	hsl(263, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 24%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 17.54, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 29.80, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0409 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.077 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7902, 43.9171, 74.3517)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8DD #C9DDA8

analogous

#A8AFDD #BCA8DD #D7A8DD

triadic

#BCA8DD #DDBCA8 #A8DDBC

tetradic

#BCA8DD #DDA8AF #C9DDA8 #A8DDD7

square

#BCA8DD #DDA8AF #C9DDA8 #A8DDD7

split-complementary

#BCA8DD #DDD7A8 #AFDDA8

monochromatic

#7850BB #9A7CCC #BCA8DD #DED4EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCA8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCA8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8DD

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8DD	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.077 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e7',
    500: '#bca8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8dd;
$custom-light: #d0c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.642,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76686,
    "c": 0.07749,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8DD

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B72F83

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8DD

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

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