#BCAECE#BCAECE

#BCAECE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.047 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAECE
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(266, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(266, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 11.08, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 18.16, 307.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0273 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.047 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0136, 45.4198, 64.6707)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAECE #C0CEAE

analogous

#AEB0CE #BCAECE #CCAECE

triadic

#BCAECE #CEBCAE #AECEBC

tetradic

#BCAECE #CEAEB0 #C0CEAE #AECECC

square

#BCAECE #CEAEB0 #C0CEAE #AECECC

split-complementary

#BCAECE #CECCAE #B0CEAE

monochromatic

#7D62A0 #9C88B7 #BCAECE #DCD4E5 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCAECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BCAECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAECE

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAECE	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.047 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6dd',
    500: '#bcaece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaece;
$custom-light: #d0c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77289,
    "c": 0.04742,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAECE

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A34279

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAECE

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

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