#BCAEF4#BCAEF4

#BCAEF4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.099 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEF4
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 244)
HSL	hsl(252, 76%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(252, 29%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 28.7%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 19.36, -33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 38.28, 300.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.039 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.099 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2004, 47.4945, 91.9876)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEF4 #E6F4AE

analogous

#AEC3F4 #BCAEF4 #DFAEF4

triadic

#BCAEF4 #F4BCAE #AEF4BC

tetradic

#BCAEF4 #F4AEC3 #E6F4AE #AEF4DF

square

#BCAEF4 #F4AEC3 #E6F4AE #AEF4DF

split-complementary

#BCAEF4 #F4DFAE #C3F4AE

monochromatic

#6342E5 #8F78ED #BCAEF4 #E9E4FB #E9E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCAEF4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BCAEF4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEF4

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEF4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEF4	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB8F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB6F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaef4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.099 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6f8',
    500: '#bcaef4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaef4;
$custom-light: #d1c6f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaef4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78765,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEF4

secondary

#EEF3D8

accent

#D80DB0

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEF4

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

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