#BCABEC#BCABEC

#BCABEC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.093 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABEC
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 236)
HSL	hsl(256, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(256, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 27.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 19.19, -30.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 35.86, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.041 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.093 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4389, 45.8729, 85.5377)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABEC #DBECAB

analogous

#ABBBEC #BCABEC #DCABEC

triadic

#BCABEC #ECBCAB #ABECBC

tetradic

#BCABEC #ECABBB #DBECAB #ABECDC

square

#BCABEC #ECABBB #DBECAB #ABECDC

split-complementary

#BCABEC #ECDCAB #BBECAB

monochromatic

#6C47D5 #9479E1 #BCABEC #E4DDF7 #EBE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCABEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BCABEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABEC

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABEC	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.093 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f2',
    500: '#bcabec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabec;
$custom-light: #d1c4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.692,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77862,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABEC

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CB1B9D

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABEC

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

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