#BCABE0#BCABE0

#BCABE0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.077 H 299.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE0
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 224)
HSL	hsl(259, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 23.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 16.53, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 29.50, 304.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% 0.0375 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.077 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7537, 45.1989, 76.6623)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE0 #CFE0AB

analogous

#ABB5E0 #BCABE0 #D6ABE0

triadic

#BCABE0 #E0BCAB #ABE0BC

tetradic

#BCABE0 #E0ABB5 #CFE0AB #ABE0D6

square

#BCABE0 #E0ABB5 #CFE0AB #ABE0D6

split-complementary

#BCABE0 #E0D6AB #B5E0AB

monochromatic

#7552BF #987ED0 #BCABE0 #E0D8F0 #EDE9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCABE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BCABE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE0

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE0	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B3DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.077 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4e9',
    500: '#bcabe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe0;
$custom-light: #d0c4e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.245,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77377,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE0

secondary

#E8EEDD

accent

#B92C8C

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE0

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

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