#BCABED#BCABED

#BCABED is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.094 H 296.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABED
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 237)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 27.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 19.41, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 36.39, 302.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% 0.0413 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.094 296)
XYZ	xyz(50.5846, 45.9312, 86.3050)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABED #DCEDAB

analogous

#ABBBED #BCABED #DDABED

triadic

#BCABED #EDBCAB #ABEDBC

tetradic

#BCABED #EDABBB #DCEDAB #ABEDDD

square

#BCABED #EDABBB #DCEDAB #ABEDDD

split-complementary

#BCABED #EDDDAB #BBEDAB

monochromatic

#6C46D7 #9479E2 #BCABED #E4DDF8 #EBE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCABED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BCABED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABED

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABED	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.094 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f3',
    500: '#bcabed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabed;
$custom-light: #d1c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77904,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.45932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABED

secondary

#EBF1DA

accent

#CD199E

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABED

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

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