#BCA8EA#BCA8EA

#BCA8EA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.095 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8EA
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 20.40, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 36.66, 303.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% 0.0447 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.095 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5897, 44.6369, 83.8292)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8EA #D6EAA8

analogous

#A8B5EA #BCA8EA #DDA8EA

triadic

#BCA8EA #EABCA8 #A8EABC

tetradic

#BCA8EA #EAA8B5 #D6EAA8 #A8EADD

square

#BCA8EA #EAA8B5 #D6EAA8 #A8EADD

split-complementary

#BCA8EA #EADDA8 #B5EAA8

monochromatic

#7045D2 #9677DE #BCA8EA #E2D9F6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCA8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BCA8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8EA

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8EA	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.095 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f1',
    500: '#bca8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ea;
$custom-light: #d1c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77213,
    "c": 0.09496,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8EA

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C91D95

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8EA

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

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