#BCABDA#BCABDA

#BCABDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.068 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABDA
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 218)
HSL	hsl(262, 39%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(262, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, 15.23, -21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 26.34, 305.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% 0.0356 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.068 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9543, 44.8791, 72.4523)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABDA #C9DAAB

analogous

#ABB2DA #BCABDA #D4ABDA

triadic

#BCABDA #DABCAB #ABDABC

tetradic

#BCABDA #DAABB2 #C9DAAB #ABDAD4

square

#BCABDA #DAABB2 #C9DAAB #ABDAD4

split-complementary

#BCABDA #DAD4AB #B2DAAB

monochromatic

#7856B5 #9A81C7 #BCABDA #DED5ED #EEEAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCABDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCABDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABDA

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABDA	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.068 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e5',
    500: '#bcabda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabda;
$custom-light: #d0c4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.702,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77145,
    "c": 0.06849,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABDA

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#B23484

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141215

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABDA

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

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