#BCAEF8#BCAEF8

#BCAEF8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.105 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEF8
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 248)
HSL	hsl(251, 84%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(251, 30%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 29.8%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 20.28, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 40.41, 300.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% 0.0401 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.105 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8143, 47.7401, 95.2210)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEF8 #EAF8AE

analogous

#AEC5F8 #BCAEF8 #E1AEF8

triadic

#BCAEF8 #F8BCAE #AEF8BC

tetradic

#BCAEF8 #F8AEC5 #EAF8AE #AEF8E1

square

#BCAEF8 #F8AEC5 #EAF8AE #AEF8E1

split-complementary

#BCAEF8 #F8E1AE #C5F8AE

monochromatic

#5F3DEE #8D76F3 #BCAEF8 #E8E3FD #E8E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCAEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BCAEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEF8

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEF8	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB9FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB6F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaef8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.105 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6fa',
    500: '#bcaef8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaef8;
$custom-light: #d1c6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaef8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.351,
    "s": 84.091,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78937,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEF8

secondary

#EFF5D6

accent

#E105B7

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEF8

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

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