#BCABCE#BCABCE

#BCABCE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.053 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABCE
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 26%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(269, 17%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, 12.73, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 20.07, 309.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% 0.0317 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.053 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4405, 44.2736, 64.4796)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABCE #BDCEAB

analogous

#ABACCE #BCABCE #CEABCE

triadic

#BCABCE #CEBCAB #ABCEBC

tetradic

#BCABCE #CEABAC #BDCEAB #ABCECE

square

#BCABCE #CEABAC #BDCEAB #ABCECE

split-complementary

#BCABCE #CECEAB #ACCEAB

monochromatic

#7E5EA1 #9D84B7 #BCABCE #DBD2E5 #F0ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BCABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BCABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABCE

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABCE	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAAFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.053 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4dd',
    500: '#bcabce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabce;
$custom-light: #d0c4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.143,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76701,
    "c": 0.05254,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABCE

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A54174

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABCE

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

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