#BCA9EE#BCA9EE

#BCA9EE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.099 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9EE
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(257, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 29%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 20.75, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 38.15, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0443 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.099 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3562, 45.2400, 86.9516)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9EE #DBEEA9

analogous

#A9B9EE #BCA9EE #DFA9EE

triadic

#BCA9EE #EEBCA9 #A9EEBC

tetradic

#BCA9EE #EEA9B9 #DBEEA9 #A9EEDF

square

#BCA9EE #EEA9B9 #DBEEA9 #A9EEDF

split-complementary

#BCA9EE #EEDFA9 #B9EEA9

monochromatic

#6C43DA #9476E4 #BCA9EE #E4DCF8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCA9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCA9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9EE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9EE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.099 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f3',
    500: '#bca9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9ee;
$custom-light: #d1c2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.522,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77569,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9EE

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CF179C

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9EE

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

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