#BCA9DD#BCA9DD

#BCA9DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.076 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9DD
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 221)
HSL	hsl(262, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 16.98, -23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 29.17, 305.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.0395 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.076 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9755, 44.2877, 74.4135)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9DD #CADDA9

analogous

#A9B0DD #BCA9DD #D6A9DD

triadic

#BCA9DD #DDBCA9 #A9DDBC

tetradic

#BCA9DD #DDA9B0 #CADDA9 #A9DDD6

square

#BCA9DD #DDA9B0 #CADDA9 #A9DDD6

split-complementary

#BCA9DD #DDD6A9 #B0DDA9

monochromatic

#7851BA #9A7DCC #BCA9DD #DED5EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCA9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BCA9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9DD

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9DD	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.076 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e7',
    500: '#bca9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9dd;
$custom-light: #d0c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.923,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76877,
    "c": 0.07583,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9DD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B62F85

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9DD

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

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