#BCA9DC#BCA9DC

#BCA9DC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.074 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9DC
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(262, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 16.77, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 28.65, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% 0.0392 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.075 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8427, 44.2346, 73.7139)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9DC #C9DCA9

analogous

#A9B0DC #BCA9DC #D6A9DC

triadic

#BCA9DC #DCBCA9 #A9DCBC

tetradic

#BCA9DC #DCA9B0 #C9DCA9 #A9DCD6

square

#BCA9DC #DCA9B0 #C9DCA9 #A9DCD6

split-complementary

#BCA9DC #DCD6A9 #B0DCA9

monochromatic

#7852B9 #9A7ECA #BCA9DC #DED4EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9DC

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9DC	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.074 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e7',
    500: '#bca9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9dc;
$custom-light: #d0c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76838,
    "c": 0.0745,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9DC

secondary

#E7EDDE

accent

#B53084

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9DC

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

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