#BCABE9#BCABE9

#BCABE9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.089 H 296.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABE9
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 233)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 26.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, 18.51, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 34.27, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0401 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.089 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0067, 45.7001, 83.2615)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABE9 #D8E9AB

analogous

#ABB9E9 #BCABE9 #DBABE9

triadic

#BCABE9 #E9BCAB #ABE9BC

tetradic

#BCABE9 #E9ABB9 #D8E9AB #ABE9DB

square

#BCABE9 #E9ABB9 #D8E9AB #ABE9DB

split-complementary

#BCABE9 #E9DBAB #B9E9AB

monochromatic

#6F4AD0 #957BDC #BCABE9 #E3DBF6 #ECE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCABE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BCABE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABE9

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABE9	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabe9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.089 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f0',
    500: '#bcabe9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabe9;
$custom-light: #d1c4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabe9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.452,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77738,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABE9

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C61F98

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABE9

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

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