#BCABC8#BCABC8

#BCABC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.045 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC8
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(275, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 11.52, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 17.01, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0296 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.045 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.7255, 43.9876, 60.7140)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC8 #B7C8AB

analogous

#ADABC8 #BCABC8 #C8ABC5

triadic

#BCABC8 #C8BCAB #ABC8BC

tetradic

#BCABC8 #C8ADAB #B7C8AB #ABC5C8

square

#BCABC8 #C8ADAB #B7C8AB #ABC5C8

split-complementary

#BCABC8 #C5C8AB #ABC8AD

monochromatic

#816296 #9F86B0 #BCABC8 #D9D0E0 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BCABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC8

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC8	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.045 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d8',
    500: '#bcabc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc8;
$custom-light: #d0c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 20.863,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7649,
    "c": 0.04482,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9F466B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC8

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

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