#BCA9DB#BCA9DB

#BCA9DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.073 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9DB
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 219)
HSL	hsl(263, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 22.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 16.55, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 28.12, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0388 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.073 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7106, 44.1818, 73.0185)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9DB #C8DBA9

analogous

#A9AFDB #BCA9DB #D5A9DB

triadic

#BCA9DB #DBBCA9 #A9DBBC

tetradic

#BCA9DB #DBA9AF #C8DBA9 #A9DBD5

square

#BCA9DB #DBA9AF #C8DBA9 #A9DBD5

split-complementary

#BCA9DB #DBD5A9 #AFDBA9

monochromatic

#7953B7 #9A7EC9 #BCA9DB #DED4ED #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCA9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCA9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9DB

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9DB	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.073 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e6',
    500: '#bca9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9db;
$custom-light: #d0c2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76799,
    "c": 0.07315,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9DB

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B43182

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9DB

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

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