#BCABD4#BCABD4

#BCABD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.060 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABD4
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 212)
HSL	hsl(265, 32%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 19%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 13.97, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 23.19, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0337 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.06 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1834, 44.5707, 68.3919)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABD4 #C3D4AB

analogous

#ABAFD4 #BCABD4 #D0ABD4

triadic

#BCABD4 #D4BCAB #ABD4BC

tetradic

#BCABD4 #D4ABAF #C3D4AB #ABD4D0

square

#BCABD4 #D4ABAF #C3D4AB #ABD4D0

split-complementary

#BCABD4 #D4D0AB #AFD4AB

monochromatic

#7B5AAB #9C83BF #BCABD4 #DCD3E9 #EFEBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCABD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BCABD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABD4

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABD4	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.060 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e1',
    500: '#bcabd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabd4;
$custom-light: #d0c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76919,
    "c": 0.06047,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABD4

secondary

#E6EBE0

accent

#AB3A7C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABD4

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

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