#BCABE7#BCABE7

#BCABE7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.086 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE7
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 231)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 26%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, 18.07, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 33.21, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0396 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.086 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7226, 45.5864, 81.7653)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE7 #D6E7AB

analogous

#ABB8E7 #BCABE7 #DAABE7

triadic

#BCABE7 #E7BCAB #ABE7BC

tetradic

#BCABE7 #E7ABB8 #D6E7AB #ABE7DA

square

#BCABE7 #E7ABB8 #D6E7AB #ABE7DA

split-complementary

#BCABE7 #E7DAAB #B8E7AB

monochromatic

#704CCC #967BD9 #BCABE7 #E2DBF5 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCABE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BCABE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE7

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE7	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.086 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ee',
    500: '#bcabe7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe7;
$custom-light: #d1c4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77657,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE7

secondary

#EAEFDC

accent

#C32296

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE7

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

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