#BCAEE5#BCAEE5

#BCAEE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.079 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEE5
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 15.97, -25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 30.30, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.0347 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.079 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0149, 46.6203, 80.4772)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEE5 #D7E5AE

analogous

#AEBCE5 #BCAEE5 #D8AEE5

triadic

#BCAEE5 #E5BCAE #AEE5BC

tetradic

#BCAEE5 #E5AEBC #D7E5AE #AEE5D8

square

#BCAEE5 #E5AEBC #D7E5AE #AEE5D8

split-complementary

#BCAEE5 #E5D8AE #BCE5AE

monochromatic

#6F51C7 #9680D6 #BCAEE5 #E2DCF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BCAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEE5

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEE5	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.079 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ed',
    500: '#bcaee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaee5;
$custom-light: #d0c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7815,
    "c": 0.07859,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEE5

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#BF2798

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEE5

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

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