#BCAEF9#BCAEF9

#BCAEF9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.106 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEF9
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(251, 86%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(251, 30%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 20.52, -35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 40.94, 300.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.0403 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.106 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9699, 47.8023, 96.0402)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEF9 #EBF9AE

analogous

#AEC5F9 #BCAEF9 #E1AEF9

triadic

#BCAEF9 #F9BCAE #AEF9BC

tetradic

#BCAEF9 #F9AEC5 #EBF9AE #AEF9E1

square

#BCAEF9 #F9AEC5 #EBF9AE #AEF9E1

split-complementary

#BCAEF9 #F9E1AE #C5F9AE

monochromatic

#5E3CF1 #8D75F5 #BCAEF9 #E7E3FD #E7E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BCAEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BCAEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEF9

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEF9	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB9FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB6F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.106 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6fb',
    500: '#bcaef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaef9;
$custom-light: #d1c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.2,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7898,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEF9

secondary

#EFF5D6

accent

#E303B9

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEF9

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

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