#BCABDD#BCABDD

#BCABDD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.073 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABDD
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(260, 42%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 15.88, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 27.92, 304.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0366 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.073 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3504, 45.0376, 74.5385)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABDD #CCDDAB

analogous

#ABB3DD #BCABDD #D5ABDD

triadic

#BCABDD #DDBCAB #ABDDBC

tetradic

#BCABDD #DDABB3 #CCDDAB #ABDDD5

square

#BCABDD #DDABB3 #CCDDAB #ABDDD5

split-complementary

#BCABDD #DDD5AB #B3DDAB

monochromatic

#7754BA #997FCB #BCABDD #DFD7EF #EEE9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABDD

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABDD	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.073 300.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7726,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABDD

secondary

#E8EDDE

accent

#B53088

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABDD

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

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