#BCAAE4#BCAAE4

#BCAAE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.084 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAE4
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 228)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 25.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 17.96, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 32.24, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0401 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.084 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1144, 45.0421, 79.4902)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAE4 #D2E4AA

analogous

#AAB5E4 #BCAAE4 #D9AAE4

triadic

#BCAAE4 #E4BCAA #AAE4BC

tetradic

#BCAAE4 #E4AAB5 #D2E4AA #AAE4D9

square

#BCAAE4 #E4AAB5 #D2E4AA #AAE4D9

split-complementary

#BCAAE4 #E4D9AA #B5E4AA

monochromatic

#734DC6 #977CD5 #BCAAE4 #E1D8F3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCAAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAE4

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAE4	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.084 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3ec',
    500: '#bcaae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaae4;
$custom-light: #d0c3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77345,
    "c": 0.08364,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAE4

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF2690

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAE4

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

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