#BCABDF#BCABDF

#BCABDF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.075 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABDF
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 223)
HSL	hsl(260, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(260, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, 16.31, -23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 28.97, 304.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0372 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.075 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6185, 45.1448, 75.9502)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABDF #CEDFAB

analogous

#ABB4DF #BCABDF #D6ABDF

triadic

#BCABDF #DFBCAB #ABDFBC

tetradic

#BCABDF #DFABB4 #CEDFAB #ABDFD6

square

#BCABDF #DFABB4 #CEDFAB #ABDFD6

split-complementary

#BCABDF #DFD6AB #B4DFAB

monochromatic

#7552BD #997FCE #BCABDF #DFD7F0 #EDE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCABDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BCABDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABDF

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABDF	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.075 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e9',
    500: '#bcabdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabdf;
$custom-light: #d0c4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77338,
    "c": 0.07524,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABDF

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#B82E8B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FC

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABDF

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

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