#BCAAF9#BCAAF9

#BCAAF9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.112 H 294.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAF9
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 249)
HSL	hsl(254, 87%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(254, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 31.7%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 22.73, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 43.37, 301.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% 0.0458 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.112 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2086, 46.2797, 95.7865)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAF9 #E7F9AA

analogous

#AAC0F9 #BCAAF9 #E4AAF9

triadic

#BCAAF9 #F9BCAA #AAF9BC

tetradic

#BCAAF9 #F9AAC0 #E7F9AA #AAF9E4

square

#BCAAF9 #F9AAC0 #E7F9AA #AAF9E4

split-complementary

#BCAAF9 #F9E4AA #C0F9AA

monochromatic

#6238F1 #8F71F5 #BCAAF9 #E8E2FD #E8E2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCAAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#BCAAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAF9

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAF9	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B6FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B4F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaaf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.112 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3fb',
    500: '#bcaaf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaaf9;
$custom-light: #d1c3fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaaf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.671,
    "s": 86.813,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78232,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAF9

secondary

#EEF5D6

accent

#E302B0

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAF9

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

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