#BCA8F9#BCA8F9

#BCA8F9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.115 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8F9
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 249)
HSL	hsl(255, 87%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 32.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 23.84, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 44.59, 302.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0485 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.115 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8365, 45.5356, 95.6624)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8F9 #E5F9A8

analogous

#A8BDF9 #BCA8F9 #E5A8F9

triadic

#BCA8F9 #F9BCA8 #A8F9BC

tetradic

#BCA8F9 #F9A8BD #E5F9A8 #A8F9E5

square

#BCA8F9 #F9A8BD #E5F9A8 #A8F9E5

split-complementary

#BCA8F9 #F9E5A8 #BDF9A8

monochromatic

#6435F1 #906FF5 #BCA8F9 #E8E1FD #E9E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCA8F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BCA8F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8F9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8F9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94B5FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96B3F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.115 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2fb',
    500: '#bca8f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8f9;
$custom-light: #d1c2fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.815,
    "s": 87.097,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77861,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8F9

secondary

#EDF5D6

accent

#E402AC

background

#FCFBFF

surface

#F9F7FF

border

#D2D0D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8F9

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

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