#BCAEE3#BCAEE3

#BCAEE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.076 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEE3
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 23%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, 15.53, -24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 29.24, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0341 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.076 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7372, 46.5092, 79.0150)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEE3 #D5E3AE

analogous

#AEBAE3 #BCAEE3 #D6AEE3

triadic

#BCAEE3 #E3BCAE #AEE3BC

tetradic

#BCAEE3 #E3AEBA #D5E3AE #AEE3D6

square

#BCAEE3 #E3AEBA #D5E3AE #AEE3D6

split-complementary

#BCAEE3 #E3D6AE #BAE3AE

monochromatic

#7153C4 #9681D3 #BCAEE3 #E2DBF3 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BCAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEE3

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEE3	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.076 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ec',
    500: '#bcaee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaee3;
$custom-light: #d0c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78071,
    "c": 0.07585,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEE3

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BC2A95

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEE3

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

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