#BCABE1#BCABE1

#BCABE1 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.078 H 299.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE1
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 225)
HSL	hsl(259, 47%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 24%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 16.75, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 30.03, 303.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% 0.0378 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.078 299)
XYZ	xyz(48.8897, 45.2533, 77.3787)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE1 #D0E1AB

analogous

#ABB5E1 #BCABE1 #D7ABE1

triadic

#BCABE1 #E1BCAB #ABE1BC

tetradic

#BCABE1 #E1ABB5 #D0E1AB #ABE1D7

square

#BCABE1 #E1ABB5 #D0E1AB #ABE1D7

split-complementary

#BCABE1 #E1D7AB #B5E1AB

monochromatic

#7451C1 #987ED1 #BCABE1 #E0D8F1 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCABE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BCABE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE1

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE1	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.078 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ea',
    500: '#bcabe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe1;
$custom-light: #d0c4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.889,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77416,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.45253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE1

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BB2B8D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE1

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

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