#BCAAEE#BCAAEE

#BCAAEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.097 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAEE
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 238)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 28.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, 20.19, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 37.54, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0429 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.097 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.5429, 45.6135, 87.0138)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAEE #DCEEAA

analogous

#AABAEE #BCAAEE #DEAAEE

triadic

#BCAAEE #EEBCAA #AAEEBC

tetradic

#BCAAEE #EEAABA #DCEEAA #AAEEDE

square

#BCAAEE #EEAABA #DCEEAA #AAEEDE

split-complementary

#BCAAEE #EEDEAA #BAEEAA

monochromatic

#6C44DA #9477E4 #BCAAEE #E4DDF8 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCAAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BCAAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAEE

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAEE	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaaee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.097 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3f3',
    500: '#bcaaee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaaee;
$custom-light: #d1c3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaaee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77757,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAEE

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CF179E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAEE

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

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