#BCA9CD#BCA9CD

#BCA9CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.055 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9CD
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 13.63, -15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 20.85, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0343 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.055 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9445, 43.4753, 63.7169)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9CD #BACDA9

analogous

#AAA9CD #BCA9CD #CDA9CC

triadic

#BCA9CD #CDBCA9 #A9CDBC

tetradic

#BCA9CD #CDAAA9 #BACDA9 #A9CCCD

square

#BCA9CD #CDAAA9 #BACDA9 #A9CCCD

split-complementary

#BCA9CD #CCCDA9 #A9CDAA

monochromatic

#805C9F #9E82B6 #BCA9CD #DAD0E3 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9CD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9CD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.055 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2dc',
    500: '#bca9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9cd;
$custom-light: #d0c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76276,
    "c": 0.05471,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9CD

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A54070

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9CD

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

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