#BCA9CE#BCA9CE

#BCA9CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.056 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9CE
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(271, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 13.83, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 21.36, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0347 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.056 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0656, 43.5238, 64.3547)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9CE #BBCEA9

analogous

#A9A9CE #BCA9CE #CEA9CD

triadic

#BCA9CE #CEBCA9 #A9CEBC

tetradic

#BCA9CE #CEA9A9 #BBCEA9 #A9CDCE

square

#BCA9CE #CEA9A9 #BBCEA9 #A9CDCE

split-complementary

#BCA9CE #CDCEA9 #A9CEA9

monochromatic

#7F5CA1 #9E82B8 #BCA9CE #DAD0E4 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9CE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9CE	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#A3AFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.056 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2dd',
    500: '#bca9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9ce;
$custom-light: #d0c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9CE

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A63F71

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FB

border

#D2D0D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9CE

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

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