#BCAEE6#BCAEE6

#BCAEE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.080 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEE6
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 230)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(255, 24%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, 16.19, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 30.83, 301.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.035 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.08 296)
XYZ	xyz(50.1549, 46.6763, 81.2147)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEE6 #D8E6AE

analogous

#AEBCE6 #BCAEE6 #D8AEE6

triadic

#BCAEE6 #E6BCAE #AEE6BC

tetradic

#BCAEE6 #E6AEBC #D8E6AE #AEE6D8

square

#BCAEE6 #E6AEBC #D8E6AE #AEE6D8

split-complementary

#BCAEE6 #E6D8AE #BCE6AE

monochromatic

#6F50C9 #957FD8 #BCAEE6 #E3DDF4 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCAEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCAEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEE6

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEE6	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B6E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.080 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ee',
    500: '#bcaee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaee6;
$custom-light: #d0c6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7819,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.46677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEE6

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C0259A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEE6

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

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