#BCAEE2#BCAEE2

#BCAEE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.074 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEE2
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(256, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, 15.31, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 28.70, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% 0.0338 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.074 297)
XYZ	xyz(49.5996, 46.4542, 78.2902)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEE2 #D4E2AE

analogous

#AEBAE2 #BCAEE2 #D6AEE2

triadic

#BCAEE2 #E2BCAE #AEE2BC

tetradic

#BCAEE2 #E2AEBA #D4E2AE #AEE2D6

square

#BCAEE2 #E2AEBA #D4E2AE #AEE2D6

split-complementary

#BCAEE2 #E2D6AE #BAE2AE

monochromatic

#7154C2 #9781D2 #BCAEE2 #E1DBF2 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEE2

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEE2	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.074 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6eb',
    500: '#bcaee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaee2;
$custom-light: #d0c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.154,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78032,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.46454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEE2

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BB2B94

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEE2

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

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