#BCABE3#BCABE3

#BCABE3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.081 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE3
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 227)
HSL	hsl(258, 50%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, 17.18, -25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 31.09, 303.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0384 -0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.081 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1641, 45.3630, 78.8240)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE3 #D2E3AB

analogous

#ABB6E3 #BCABE3 #D8ABE3

triadic

#BCABE3 #E3BCAB #ABE3BC

tetradic

#BCABE3 #E3ABB6 #D2E3AB #ABE3D8

square

#BCABE3 #E3ABB6 #D2E3AB #ABE3D8

split-complementary

#BCABE3 #E3D8AB #B6E3AB

monochromatic

#734FC4 #977DD4 #BCABE3 #E1D9F2 #EDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCABE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#BCABE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE3

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE3	1.00	2.08	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.081 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ec',
    500: '#bcabe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe3;
$custom-light: #d0c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.214,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77496,
    "c": 0.08066,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE3

secondary

#E9EEDD

accent

#BD2890

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE3

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

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