#BCABD7#BCABD7

#BCABD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.064 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABD7
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 215)
HSL	hsl(263, 35%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 20%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 14.60, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 24.76, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% 0.0347 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.064 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5653, 44.7235, 70.4035)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABD7 #C6D7AB

analogous

#ABB0D7 #BCABD7 #D2ABD7

triadic

#BCABD7 #D7BCAB #ABD7BC

tetradic

#BCABD7 #D7ABB0 #C6D7AB #ABD7D2

square

#BCABD7 #D7ABB0 #C6D7AB #ABD7D2

split-complementary

#BCABD7 #D7D2AB #B0D7AB

monochromatic

#7A58B0 #9B82C3 #BCABD7 #DDD4EB #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCABD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCABD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABD7

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABD7	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.064 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e3',
    500: '#bcabd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabd7;
$custom-light: #d0c4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.182,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77031,
    "c": 0.06447,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABD7

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AE3780

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABD7

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

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