#BCA9CC#BCA9CC

#BCA9CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.053 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9CC
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(273, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 13.42, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 20.34, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.034 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.053 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8242, 43.4272, 63.0832)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9CC #B9CCA9

analogous

#AAA9CC #BCA9CC #CCA9CA

triadic

#BCA9CC #CCBCA9 #A9CCBC

tetradic

#BCA9CC #CCAAA9 #B9CCA9 #A9CACC

square

#BCA9CC #CCAAA9 #B9CCA9 #A9CACC

split-complementary

#BCA9CC #CACCA9 #A9CCAA

monochromatic

#805D9D #9E83B5 #BCA9CC #DACFE3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCA9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCA9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9CC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9CC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.053 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2db',
    500: '#bca9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9cc;
$custom-light: #d0c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7624,
    "c": 0.05342,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9CC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A4416F

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9CC

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

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