#BCABE8#BCABE8

#BCABE8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.087 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE8
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 232)
HSL	hsl(257, 57%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(257, 26%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 26.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 18.29, -28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 33.74, 302.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% 0.0398 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.087 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8643, 45.6431, 82.5113)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE8 #D7E8AB

analogous

#ABB9E8 #BCABE8 #DBABE8

triadic

#BCABE8 #E8BCAB #ABE8BC

tetradic

#BCABE8 #E8ABB9 #D7E8AB #ABE8DB

square

#BCABE8 #E8ABB9 #D7E8AB #ABE8DB

split-complementary

#BCABE8 #E8DBAB #B9E8AB

monochromatic

#6F4BCE #967BDB #BCABE8 #E2DBF5 #ECE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCABE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BCABE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE8

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE8	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.087 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4ef',
    500: '#bcabe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe8;
$custom-light: #d1c4ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77697,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE8

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C52197

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE8

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

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