#BCA9EF#BCA9EF

#BCA9EF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.100 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9EF
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 239)
HSL	hsl(256, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 29.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 20.98, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 38.68, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0446 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.1 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5035, 45.2989, 87.7275)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9EF #DCEFA9

analogous

#A9B9EF #BCA9EF #DFA9EF

triadic

#BCA9EF #EFBCA9 #A9EFBC

tetradic

#BCA9EF #EFA9B9 #DCEFA9 #A9EFDF

square

#BCA9EF #EFA9B9 #DCEFA9 #A9EFDF

split-complementary

#BCA9EF #EFDFA9 #B9EFA9

monochromatic

#6C42DC #9475E5 #BCA9EF #E4DDF9 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCA9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCA9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9EF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9EF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B4F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.100 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c2f4',
    500: '#bca9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9ef;
$custom-light: #d1c2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9EF

secondary

#EBF2D9

accent

#D1159E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9EF

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

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