#BCA8DF#BCA8DF

#BCA8DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.080 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8DF
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 223)
HSL	hsl(262, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(262, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 24.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 17.97, -25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 30.85, 305.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.0415 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.08 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0582, 44.0243, 75.7634)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8DF #CBDFA8

analogous

#A8B0DF #BCA8DF #D8A8DF

triadic

#BCA8DF #DFBCA8 #A8DFBC

tetradic

#BCA8DF #DFA8B0 #CBDFA8 #A8DFD8

square

#BCA8DF #DFA8B0 #CBDFA8 #A8DFD8

split-complementary

#BCA8DF #DFD8A8 #B0DFA8

monochromatic

#774FBE #9A7BCF #BCA8DF #DED5EF #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCA8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCA8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8DF

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8DF	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.080 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e9',
    500: '#bca8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8df;
$custom-light: #d0c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76765,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8DF

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#B92C86

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8DF

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

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