#BCABD8#BCABD8

#BCABD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.066 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABD8
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 216)
HSL	hsl(263, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(263, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 20.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 14.81, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 25.28, 305.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.035 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.066 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6942, 44.7751, 71.0822)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABD8 #C7D8AB

analogous

#ABB0D8 #BCABD8 #D2ABD8

triadic

#BCABD8 #D8BCAB #ABD8BC

tetradic

#BCABD8 #D8ABB0 #C7D8AB #ABD8D2

square

#BCABD8 #D8ABB0 #C7D8AB #ABD8D2

split-complementary

#BCABD8 #D8D2AB #B0D8AB

monochromatic

#7957B1 #9B81C5 #BCABD8 #DDD5EB #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCABD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCABD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABD8

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABD8	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.066 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e4',
    500: '#bcabd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabd8;
$custom-light: #d0c4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77069,
    "c": 0.06581,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABD8

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AF3682

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABD8

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

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