#BCA8EC#BCA8EC

#BCA8EC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.098 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8EC
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 236)
HSL	hsl(258, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(258, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 28.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, 20.85, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 37.71, 303.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0452 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.098 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8786, 44.7525, 85.3509)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8EC #D8ECA8

analogous

#A8B6EC #BCA8EC #DEA8EC

triadic

#BCA8EC #ECBCA8 #A8ECBC

tetradic

#BCA8EC #ECA8B6 #D8ECA8 #A8ECDE

square

#BCA8EC #ECA8B6 #D8ECA8 #A8ECDE

split-complementary

#BCA8EC #ECDEA8 #B6ECA8

monochromatic

#6F44D6 #9576E1 #BCA8EC #E3DAF7 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCA8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCA8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8EC

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8EC	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.098 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f2',
    500: '#bca8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ec;
$custom-light: #d1c2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8EC

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CC1A97

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8EC

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

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