#BCAEDD#BCAEDD

#BCAEDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.068 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEDD
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 221)
HSL	hsl(258, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(258, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 14.22, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 26.05, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% 0.0322 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.068 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9235, 46.1838, 74.7295)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEDD #CFDDAE

analogous

#AEB8DD #BCAEDD #D3AEDD

triadic

#BCAEDD #DDBCAE #AEDDBC

tetradic

#BCAEDD #DDAEB8 #CFDDAE #AEDDD3

square

#BCAEDD #DDAEB8 #CFDDAE #AEDDD3

split-complementary

#BCAEDD #DDD3AE #B8DDAE

monochromatic

#7558B9 #9883CB #BCAEDD #E0D9EF #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCAEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#BCAEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEDD

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEDD	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.068 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6e7',
    500: '#bcaedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaedd;
$custom-light: #d0c6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.872,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77839,
    "c": 0.06766,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEDD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B4328D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEDD

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

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