#BCA8EF#BCA8EF

#BCA8EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.102 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8EF
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 239)
HSL	hsl(257, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 29.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, 21.53, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 39.30, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% 0.046 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.102 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3182, 44.9283, 87.6657)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8EF #DBEFA8

analogous

#A8B8EF #BCA8EF #DFA8EF

triadic

#BCA8EF #EFBCA8 #A8EFBC

tetradic

#BCA8EF #EFA8B8 #DBEFA8 #A8EFDF

square

#BCA8EF #EFA8B8 #DBEFA8 #A8EFDF

split-complementary

#BCA8EF #EFDFA8 #B8EFA8

monochromatic

#6C41DC #9474E5 #BCA8EF #E4DCF9 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCA8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BCA8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8EF

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8EF	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.102 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f4',
    500: '#bca8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ef;
$custom-light: #d1c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.901,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77424,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8EF

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D1159C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →