#BCABCA#BCABCA

#BCABCA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.047 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABCA
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(273, 23%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 15%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, 11.92, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 18.02, 311.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0303 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.047 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9608, 44.0817, 61.9530)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABCA #B9CAAB

analogous

#ACABCA #BCABCA #CAABC8

triadic

#BCABCA #CABCAB #ABCABC

tetradic

#BCABCA #CAACAB #B9CAAB #ABC8CA

square

#BCABCA #CAACAB #B9CAAB #ABC8CA

split-complementary

#BCABCA #C8CAAB #ABCAAC

monochromatic

#80619A #9E85B2 #BCABCA #DAD1E2 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BCABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABCA

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABCA	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBAFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.047 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4da',
    500: '#bcabca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabca;
$custom-light: #d0c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 22.628,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76559,
    "c": 0.04737,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABCA

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A1446E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABCA

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

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