#BCAEE8#BCAEE8

#BCAEE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.083 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEE8
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(254, 25%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, 16.63, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 31.89, 301.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.0356 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.083 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4374, 46.7893, 82.7023)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEE8 #DAE8AE

analogous

#AEBDE8 #BCAEE8 #D9AEE8

triadic

#BCAEE8 #E8BCAE #AEE8BC

tetradic

#BCAEE8 #E8AEBD #DAE8AE #AEE8D9

square

#BCAEE8 #E8AEBD #DAE8AE #AEE8D9

split-complementary

#BCAEE8 #E8D9AE #BDE8AE

monochromatic

#6D4FCD #957EDA #BCAEE8 #E3DEF6 #EBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEE8

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEE8	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B7C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.083 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6ef',
    500: '#bcaee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaee8;
$custom-light: #d0c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7827,
    "c": 0.0827,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEE8

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#C3229C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEE8

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

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