#BCABE4#BCABE4

#BCABE4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.082 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE4
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 228)
HSL	hsl(258, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 25%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 17.40, -26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 31.62, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% 0.0387 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.082 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.3026, 45.4184, 79.5530)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE4 #D3E4AB

analogous

#ABB6E4 #BCABE4 #D8ABE4

triadic

#BCABE4 #E4BCAB #ABE4BC

tetradic

#BCABE4 #E4ABB6 #D3E4AB #ABE4D8

square

#BCABE4 #E4ABB6 #D3E4AB #ABE4D8

split-complementary

#BCABE4 #E4D8AB #B6E4AB

monochromatic

#724EC6 #977DD5 #BCABE4 #E1D9F3 #EDE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCABE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BCABE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE4

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE4	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.082 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ec',
    500: '#bcabe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe4;
$custom-light: #d0c4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.895,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77536,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE4

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#BF2791

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE4

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

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