#BCA8EE#BCA8EE

#BCA8EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.100 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8EE
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 29.4%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 21.30, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 38.77, 303.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0457 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.1 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1708, 44.8693, 86.8898)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8EE #DAEEA8

analogous

#A8B7EE #BCA8EE #DFA8EE

triadic

#BCA8EE #EEBCA8 #A8EEBC

tetradic

#BCA8EE #EEA8B7 #DAEEA8 #A8EEDF

square

#BCA8EE #EEA8B7 #DAEEA8 #A8EEDF

split-complementary

#BCA8EE #EEDFA8 #B7EEA8

monochromatic

#6D42DA #9575E4 #BCA8EE #E3DBF8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCA8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BCA8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8EE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8EE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.100 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f3',
    500: '#bca8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ee;
$custom-light: #d1c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77382,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8EE

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#CF169A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8EE

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

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