#BCAEDB#BCAEDB

#BCAEDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.065 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEDB
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 21%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, 13.80, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 24.99, 303.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% 0.0316 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.065 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6587, 46.0778, 73.3345)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEDB #CDDBAE

analogous

#AEB7DB #BCAEDB #D3AEDB

triadic

#BCAEDB #DBBCAE #AEDBBC

tetradic

#BCAEDB #DBAEB7 #CDDBAE #AEDBD3

square

#BCAEDB #DBAEB7 #CDDBAE #AEDBD3

split-complementary

#BCAEDB #DBD3AE #B7DBAE

monochromatic

#7659B5 #9984C8 #BCAEDB #DFD8EE #EDEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCAEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BCAEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEDB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEDB	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.065 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6e6',
    500: '#bcaedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaedb;
$custom-light: #d0c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77763,
    "c": 0.06493,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEDB

secondary

#E8ECDF

accent

#B1348A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEDB

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

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