#BCA9E1#BCA9E1

#BCA9E1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.081 H 300.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9E1
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 225)
HSL	hsl(260, 48%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 25%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 17.85, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 31.28, 304.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0407 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.081 300)
XYZ	xyz(48.5148, 44.5034, 77.2537)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9E1 #CEE1A9

analogous

#A9B2E1 #BCA9E1 #D8A9E1

triadic

#BCA9E1 #E1BCA9 #A9E1BC

tetradic

#BCA9E1 #E1A9B2 #CEE1A9 #A9E1D8

square

#BCA9E1 #E1A9B2 #CEE1A9 #A9E1D8

split-complementary

#BCA9E1 #E1D8A9 #B2E1A9

monochromatic

#754EC1 #997CD1 #BCA9E1 #DFD6F1 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCA9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BCA9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9E1

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9E1	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.081 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2ea',
    500: '#bca9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9e1;
$custom-light: #d0c2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.357,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77035,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.44504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9E1

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#BC2A8A

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9E1

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

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