#BCABC6#BCABC6

#BCABC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.042 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC6
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(278, 19%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(278, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 11.13, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 16.01, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0289 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.042 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4933, 43.8947, 59.4910)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC6 #B5C6AB

analogous

#AFABC6 #BCABC6 #C6ABC3

triadic

#BCABC6 #C6BCAB #ABC6BC

tetradic

#BCABC6 #C6AFAB #B5C6AB #ABC3C6

square

#BCABC6 #C6AFAB #B5C6AB #ABC3C6

split-complementary

#BCABC6 #C3C6AB #ABC6AF

monochromatic

#816493 #9F87AD #BCABC6 #D9CFDF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BCABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC6

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC6	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.042 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d7',
    500: '#bcabc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc6;
$custom-light: #d0c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 19.149,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76421,
    "c": 0.04231,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC6

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D4868

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC6

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

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