#BCAAE3#BCAAE3

#BCAAE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.082 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAE3
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 227)
HSL	hsl(259, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 25.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, 17.74, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 31.71, 304.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.0398 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.082 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9760, 44.9867, 78.7612)
Luminance	0.4499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAE3 #D1E3AA

analogous

#AAB5E3 #BCAAE3 #D8AAE3

triadic

#BCAAE3 #E3BCAA #AAE3BC

tetradic

#BCAAE3 #E3AAB5 #D1E3AA #AAE3D8

square

#BCAAE3 #E3AAB5 #D1E3AA #AAE3D8

split-complementary

#BCAAE3 #E3D8AA #B5E3AA

monochromatic

#734EC5 #987CD4 #BCAAE3 #E0D8F2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAAE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BCAAE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAE3

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAE3	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.082 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3ec',
    500: '#bcaae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaae3;
$custom-light: #d0c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77305,
    "c": 0.08228,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAE3

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BE288E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAE3

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

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