#BCAFF8#BCAFF8

#BCAFF8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.103 H 292.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAFF8
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 248)
HSL	hsl(251, 84%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(251, 29%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 19.73, -34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 39.80, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% 0.0387 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.103 292)
XYZ	xyz(53.0082, 48.1279, 95.2856)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAFF8 #EBF8AF

analogous

#AFC6F8 #BCAFF8 #E0AFF8

triadic

#BCAFF8 #F8BCAF #AFF8BC

tetradic

#BCAFF8 #F8AFC6 #EBF8AF #AFF8E0

square

#BCAFF8 #F8AFC6 #EBF8AF #AFF8E0

split-complementary

#BCAFF8 #F8E0AF #C6F8AF

monochromatic

#5E3EEE #8D77F3 #BCAFF8 #E7E3FD #E7E3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BCAFF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#BCAFF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAFF8

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAFF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAFF8	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB9FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB7F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaff8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.103 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6fa',
    500: '#bcaff8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaff8;
$custom-light: #d1c6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaff8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.685,
    "s": 83.908,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79125,
    "c": 0.10308,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.48129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAFF8

secondary

#EFF4D7

accent

#E005B9

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F9F8FF

border

#D2D1D7

text

#141317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAFF8

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

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