#BCABE2#BCABE2

#BCABE2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.079 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE2
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 226)
HSL	hsl(259, 49%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 16.96, -25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 30.56, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0381 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.079 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0265, 45.3080, 78.0992)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE2 #D1E2AB

analogous

#ABB5E2 #BCABE2 #D7ABE2

triadic

#BCABE2 #E2BCAB #ABE2BC

tetradic

#BCABE2 #E2ABB5 #D1E2AB #ABE2D7

square

#BCABE2 #E2ABB5 #D1E2AB #ABE2D7

split-complementary

#BCABE2 #E2D7AB #B5E2AB

monochromatic

#7350C3 #987ED2 #BCABE2 #E0D8F2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCABE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#BCABE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE2

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE2	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.079 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4eb',
    500: '#bcabe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe2;
$custom-light: #d0c4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.545,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77456,
    "c": 0.07931,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE2

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BC2A8F

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE2

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

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