#BCABE5#BCABE5

#BCABE5 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.083 H 297.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE5
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 229)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(258, 25%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 25.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, 17.62, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 32.15, 303.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.039 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.083 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4418, 45.4741, 80.2862)
Luminance	0.4547 (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

#BCABE5 #D4E5AB

analogous

#ABB7E5 #BCABE5 #D9ABE5

triadic

#BCABE5 #E5BCAB #ABE5BC

tetradic

#BCABE5 #E5ABB7 #D4E5AB #ABE5D9

square

#BCABE5 #E5ABB7 #D4E5AB #ABE5D9

split-complementary

#BCABE5 #E5D9AB #B7E5AB

monochromatic

#714EC8 #977CD7 #BCABE5 #E1DAF3 #ECE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCABE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BCABE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE5

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE5	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.083 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ed',
    500: '#bcabe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe5;
$custom-light: #d0c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.586,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77576,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE5

secondary

#E9EFDC

accent

#C02593

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE5

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

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