#BCABC7#BCABC7

#BCABC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.044 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC7
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 199)
HSL	hsl(276, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 11.32, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 16.51, 313.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0293 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.044 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6090, 43.9410, 60.1005)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC7 #B6C7AB

analogous

#AEABC7 #BCABC7 #C7ABC4

triadic

#BCABC7 #C7BCAB #ABC7BC

tetradic

#BCABC7 #C7AEAB #B6C7AB #ABC4C7

square

#BCABC7 #C7AEAB #B6C7AB #ABC4C7

split-complementary

#BCABC7 #C4C7AB #ABC7AE

monochromatic

#816395 #9F86AF #BCABC7 #D9D0DF #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCABC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BCABC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC7

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC7	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.044 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d8',
    500: '#bcabc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc7;
$custom-light: #d0c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76455,
    "c": 0.04356,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC7

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E4769

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC7

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

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