#BCAEEE#BCAEEE

#BCAEEE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.091 H 294.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEEE
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 238)
HSL	hsl(253, 65%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(253, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 26.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 17.98, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 35.09, 300.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% 0.0373 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.091 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3042, 47.1360, 87.2676)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEEE #E0EEAE

analogous

#AEC0EE #BCAEEE #DCAEEE

triadic

#BCAEEE #EEBCAE #AEEEBC

tetradic

#BCAEEE #EEAEC0 #E0EEAE #AEEEDC

square

#BCAEEE #EEAEC0 #E0EEAE #AEEEDC

split-complementary

#BCAEEE #EEDCAE #C0EEAE

monochromatic

#6849D9 #927BE3 #BCAEEE #E6E1F9 #EAE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCAEEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BCAEEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEEE

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEEE	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaeee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.091 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6f3',
    500: '#bcaeee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaeee;
$custom-light: #d1c6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaeee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.125,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78514,
    "c": 0.09092,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEEE

secondary

#ECF1DA

accent

#CD18A6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEEE

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

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