#BCABDC#BCABDC

#BCABDC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.071 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABDC
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 220)
HSL	hsl(261, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(261, 22%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, 15.66, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 27.39, 304.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0363 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.071 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2176, 44.9844, 73.8389)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABDC #CBDCAB

analogous

#ABB3DC #BCABDC #D5ABDC

triadic

#BCABDC #DCBCAB #ABDCBC

tetradic

#BCABDC #DCABB3 #CBDCAB #ABDCD5

square

#BCABDC #DCABB3 #CBDCAB #ABDCD5

split-complementary

#BCABDC #DCD5AB #B3DCAB

monochromatic

#7755B8 #9A80CA #BCABDC #DED6EE #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCABDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BCABDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABDC

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABDC	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.071 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e7',
    500: '#bcabdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabdc;
$custom-light: #d0c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.816,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77221,
    "c": 0.07119,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABDC

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B43187

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABDC

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

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