#BCAAE5#BCAAE5

#BCAAE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.085 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAE5
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 229)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 25.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, 18.18, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 32.77, 303.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0404 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.085 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2536, 45.0977, 80.2234)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAE5 #D3E5AA

analogous

#AAB5E5 #BCAAE5 #D9AAE5

triadic

#BCAAE5 #E5BCAA #AAE5BC

tetradic

#BCAAE5 #E5AAB5 #D3E5AA #AAE5D9

square

#BCAAE5 #E5AAB5 #D3E5AA #AAE5D9

split-complementary

#BCAAE5 #E5D9AA #B5E5AA

monochromatic

#724CC8 #977BD7 #BCAAE5 #E1D9F3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCAAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAE5

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAE5	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.085 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3ed',
    500: '#bcaae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaae5;
$custom-light: #d0c3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.305,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77385,
    "c": 0.08499,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAE5

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C12591

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAE5

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

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