#BCABEA#BCABEA

#BCABEA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.090 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABEA
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 234)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, 18.74, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 34.80, 302.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0404 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.09 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1500, 45.7574, 84.0159)
Luminance	0.4576 (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

#BCABEA #D9EAAB

analogous

#ABBAEA #BCABEA #DBABEA

triadic

#BCABEA #EABCAB #ABEABC

tetradic

#BCABEA #EAABBA #D9EAAB #ABEADB

square

#BCABEA #EAABBA #D9EAAB #ABEADB

split-complementary

#BCABEA #EADBAB #BAEAAB

monochromatic

#6E49D2 #957ADE #BCABEA #E3DCF6 #EBE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCABEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BCABEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABEA

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABEA	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.090 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f1',
    500: '#bcabea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabea;
$custom-light: #d1c4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.19,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77779,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABEA

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C81E9A

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABEA

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

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