#BCAAF5#BCAAF5

#BCAAF5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.107 H 294.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAF5
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 245)
HSL	hsl(254, 79%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(254, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 30.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, 21.80, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 41.25, 301.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0448 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.107 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5914, 46.0329, 92.5357)
Luminance	0.4603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAF5 #E3F5AA

analogous

#AABEF5 #BCAAF5 #E2AAF5

triadic

#BCAAF5 #F5BCAA #AAF5BC

tetradic

#BCAAF5 #F5AABE #E3F5AA #AAF5E2

square

#BCAAF5 #F5AABE #E3F5AA #AAF5E2

split-complementary

#BCAAF5 #F5E2AA #BEF5AA

monochromatic

#663CE8 #9173EF #BCAAF5 #E7E1FB #E9E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCAAF5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCAAF5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAF5

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAF5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAF5	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B5F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB4F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaaf5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.107 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3f8',
    500: '#bcaaf5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaaf5;
$custom-light: #d1c3f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaaf5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78057,
    "c": 0.10667,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAF5

secondary

#EDF4D7

accent

#DB0AA9

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAF5

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

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