#BCAEDE#BCAEDE

#BCAEDE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.069 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEDE
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 222)
HSL	hsl(258, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 21.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 14.44, -22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 26.58, 302.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0326 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.069 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0572, 46.2372, 75.4333)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEDE #D0DEAE

analogous

#AEB8DE #BCAEDE #D4AEDE

triadic

#BCAEDE #DEBCAE #AEDEBC

tetradic

#BCAEDE #DEAEB8 #D0DEAE #AEDED4

square

#BCAEDE #DEAEB8 #D0DEAE #AEDED4

split-complementary

#BCAEDE #DED4AE #B8DEAE

monochromatic

#7457BB #9883CC #BCAEDE #E0D9F0 #EDE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCAEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BCAEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEDE

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEDE	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)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.069 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6e8',
    500: '#bcaede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaede;
$custom-light: #d0c6e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77877,
    "c": 0.06901,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEDE

secondary

#E9EDDE

accent

#B5308E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEDE

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

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