#BCABE6#BCABE6

#BCABE6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.085 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE6
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 230)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 17.85, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 32.68, 303.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0393 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.085 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5818, 45.5301, 81.0236)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE6 #D5E6AB

analogous

#ABB7E6 #BCABE6 #D9ABE6

triadic

#BCABE6 #E6BCAB #ABE6BC

tetradic

#BCABE6 #E6ABB7 #D5E6AB #ABE6D9

square

#BCABE6 #E6ABB7 #D5E6AB #ABE6D9

split-complementary

#BCABE6 #E6D9AB #B7E6AB

monochromatic

#714DCA #967CD8 #BCABE6 #E2DAF4 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCABE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BCABE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE6

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE6	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.085 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ee',
    500: '#bcabe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe6;
$custom-light: #d0c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.288,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77616,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE6

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C22494

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE6

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

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