#BCABCD#BCABCD

#BCABCD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.051 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABCD
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 12.53, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 19.56, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0314 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.051 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3194, 44.2252, 63.8419)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABCD #BCCDAB

analogous

#ABABCD #BCABCD #CDABCD

triadic

#BCABCD #CDBCAB #ABCDBC

tetradic

#BCABCD #CDABAB #BCCDAB #ABCDCD

square

#BCABCD #CDABAB #BCCDAB #ABCDCD

split-complementary

#BCABCD #CDCDAB #ABCDAB

monochromatic

#7F5F9F #9D85B6 #BCABCD #DBD1E4 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BCABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABCD

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABCD	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	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)

#A6B1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.051 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4dc',
    500: '#bcabcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabcd;
$custom-light: #d0c4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76665,
    "c": 0.05124,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABCD

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A44273

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABCD

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

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