#BCA8EB#BCA8EB

#BCA8EB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.096 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8EB
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 20.62, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 37.19, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0449 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.096 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7338, 44.6945, 84.5879)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8EB #D7EBA8

analogous

#A8B6EB #BCA8EB #DEA8EB

triadic

#BCA8EB #EBBCA8 #A8EBBC

tetradic

#BCA8EB #EBA8B6 #D7EBA8 #A8EBDE

square

#BCA8EB #EBA8B6 #D7EBA8 #A8EBDE

split-complementary

#BCA8EB #EBDEA8 #B6EBA8

monochromatic

#6F44D4 #9676E0 #BCA8EB #E2DAF6 #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCA8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCA8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8EB

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8EB	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.096 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f1',
    500: '#bca8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8eb;
$custom-light: #d1c2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.91,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77255,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8EB

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CA1B96

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8EB

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

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