#BCA8FF#BCA8FF

#BCA8FF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.123 H 293.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8FF
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 255)
HSL	hsl(254, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(254, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 34.1%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, 25.26, -40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 47.77, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% 0.05 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.123 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7873, 45.9159, 100.6699)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8FF #EBFFA8

analogous

#A8BFFF #BCA8FF #E7A8FF

triadic

#BCA8FF #FFBCA8 #A8FFBC

tetradic

#BCA8FF #FFA8BF #EBFFA8 #A8FFE7

square

#BCA8FF #FFA8BF #EBFFA8 #A8FFE7

split-complementary

#BCA8FF #FFE7A8 #BFFFA8

monochromatic

#5E2EFF #8D6BFF #BCA8FF #E7E0FF #E7E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCA8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BCA8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8FF

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8FF	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91B5FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93B3FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.123 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2ff',
    500: '#bca8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ff;
$custom-light: #d1c2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.793,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78133,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8FF

secondary

#EFF7D4

accent

#E600B1

background

#FDFBFF

surface

#FAF7FF

border

#D3D0D7

text

#141218

muted

#838186

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8FF

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

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