#BCABEF#BCABEF

#BCABEF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.097 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABEF
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 239)
HSL	hsl(255, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(255, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 28.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 19.87, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 37.45, 302.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0418 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.097 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8784, 46.0487, 87.8524)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABEF #DEEFAB

analogous

#ABBCEF #BCABEF #DEABEF

triadic

#BCABEF #EFBCAB #ABEFBC

tetradic

#BCABEF #EFABBC #DEEFAB #ABEFDE

square

#BCABEF #EFABBC #DEEFAB #ABEFDE

split-complementary

#BCABEF #EFDEAB #BCEFAB

monochromatic

#6A44DB #9378E5 #BCABEF #E5DEF9 #EAE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCABEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BCABEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABEF

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABEF	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB4ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.097 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4f4',
    500: '#bcabef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabef;
$custom-light: #d1c4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77988,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABEF

secondary

#ECF2D9

accent

#D016A1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F9F8FD

border

#D2D1D5

text

#141217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABEF

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

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