#BCA9CA#BCA9CA

#BCA9CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.051 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9CA
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 202)
HSL	hsl(275, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 13.02, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 19.32, 312.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0333 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.051 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5859, 43.3319, 61.8280)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9CA #B7CAA9

analogous

#ABA9CA #BCA9CA #CAA9C8

triadic

#BCA9CA #CABCA9 #A9CABC

tetradic

#BCA9CA #CAABA9 #B7CAA9 #A9C8CA

square

#BCA9CA #CAABA9 #B7CAA9 #A9C8CA

split-complementary

#BCA9CA #C8CAA9 #A9CAAB

monochromatic

#815F9A #9F83B3 #BCA9CA #D9CFE1 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCA9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCA9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9CA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9CA	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.051 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2da',
    500: '#bca9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9ca;
$custom-light: #d0c2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.05087,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9CA

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A2436C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9CA

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

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