#BCADE5#BCADE5

#BCADE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.080 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADE5
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 229)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 24.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 16.52, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 30.91, 302.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.0361 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.08 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8224, 46.2354, 80.4130)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADE5 #D6E5AD

analogous

#ADBAE5 #BCADE5 #D8ADE5

triadic

#BCADE5 #E5BCAD #ADE5BC

tetradic

#BCADE5 #E5ADBA #D6E5AD #ADE5D8

square

#BCADE5 #E5ADBA #D6E5AD #ADE5D8

split-complementary

#BCADE5 #E5D8AD #BAE5AD

monochromatic

#7050C8 #967FD6 #BCADE5 #E2DBF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCADE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCADE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADE5

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADE5	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcade5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.080 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5ed',
    500: '#bcade5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcade5;
$custom-light: #d0c5ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcade5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.071,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77958,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADE5

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF2696

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADE5

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

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