#BCAEE4#BCAEE4

#BCAEE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.077 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEE4
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 228)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 23.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 15.75, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 29.77, 301.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% 0.0344 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.077 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8757, 46.5646, 79.7440)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEE4 #D6E4AE

analogous

#AEBBE4 #BCAEE4 #D7AEE4

triadic

#BCAEE4 #E4BCAE #AEE4BC

tetradic

#BCAEE4 #E4AEBB #D6E4AE #AEE4D7

square

#BCAEE4 #E4AEBB #D6E4AE #AEE4D7

split-complementary

#BCAEE4 #E4D7AE #BBE4AE

monochromatic

#7052C5 #9680D5 #BCAEE4 #E2DCF3 #ECE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCAEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCAEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEE4

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEE4	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.077 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ec',
    500: '#bcaee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaee4;
$custom-light: #d0c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.556,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7811,
    "c": 0.07722,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEE4

secondary

#EAEEDD

accent

#BD2897

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEE4

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

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