#BCABC5#BCABC5

#BCABC5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.041 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC5
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(279, 18%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(279, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 10.93, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 15.51, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% 0.0286 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.041 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3784, 43.8487, 58.8856)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC5 #B4C5AB

analogous

#AFABC5 #BCABC5 #C5ABC1

triadic

#BCABC5 #C5BCAB #ABC5BC

tetradic

#BCABC5 #C5AFAB #B4C5AB #ABC1C5

square

#BCABC5 #C5AFAB #B4C5AB #ABC1C5

split-complementary

#BCABC5 #C1C5AB #ABC5AF

monochromatic

#826491 #9F87AC #BCABC5 #D9CFDE #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BCABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC5

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC5	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.041 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d6',
    500: '#bcabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc5;
$custom-light: #d0c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 18.31,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76387,
    "c": 0.04106,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC5

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9D4966

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC5

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

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