#BCA9DF#BCA9DF

#BCA9DF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.079 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9DF
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 223)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 17.42, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 30.22, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% 0.0401 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.079 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.2436, 44.3949, 75.8252)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9DF #CCDFA9

analogous

#A9B1DF #BCA9DF #D7A9DF

triadic

#BCA9DF #DFBCA9 #A9DFBC

tetradic

#BCA9DF #DFA9B1 #CCDFA9 #A9DFD7

square

#BCA9DF #DFA9B1 #CCDFA9 #A9DFD7

split-complementary

#BCA9DF #DFD7A9 #B1DFA9

monochromatic

#7750BE #997CCE #BCA9DF #DFD6F0 #EEE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCA9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BCA9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9DF

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9DF	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.079 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2e9',
    500: '#bca9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9df;
$custom-light: #d0c2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.111,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76955,
    "c": 0.07852,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9DF

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#B92D88

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9DF

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

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