#BCABEB#BCABEB

#BCABEB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.092 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABEB
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 235)
HSL	hsl(256, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 27%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 27.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, 18.96, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 35.33, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% 0.0407 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.092 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2940, 45.8150, 84.7747)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABEB #DAEBAB

analogous

#ABBAEB #BCABEB #DCABEB

triadic

#BCABEB #EBBCAB #ABEBBC

tetradic

#BCABEB #EBABBA #DAEBAB #ABEBDC

square

#BCABEB #EBABBA #DAEBAB #ABEBDC

split-complementary

#BCABEB #EBDCAB #BAEBAB

monochromatic

#6D48D3 #957ADF #BCABEB #E3DCF7 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BCABEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#BCABEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABEB

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABEB	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB5EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.092 296.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.938,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77821,
    "c": 0.09153,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABEB

secondary

#EBF0DB

accent

#C91C9B

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABEB

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

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