#BCABCC#BCABCC

#BCABCC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.050 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABCC
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(271, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 16%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, 12.32, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 19.04, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.031 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.05 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1991, 44.1770, 63.2082)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABCC #BBCCAB

analogous

#ABABCC #BCABCC #CCABCB

triadic

#BCABCC #CCBCAB #ABCCBC

tetradic

#BCABCC #CCABAB #BBCCAB #ABCBCC

square

#BCABCC #CCABAB #BBCCAB #ABCBCC

split-complementary

#BCABCC #CBCCAB #ABCCAB

monochromatic

#7F5F9D #9E85B5 #BCABCC #DAD1E3 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BCABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABCC

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABCC	1.00	2.14	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.050 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4db',
    500: '#bcabcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabcc;
$custom-light: #d0c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7663,
    "c": 0.04994,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABCC

secondary

#E5EAE1

accent

#A34371

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABCC

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

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