#BCAAC8#BCAAC8

#BCAAC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.047 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAAC8
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 200)
HSL	hsl(276, 21%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(276, 15%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 15%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 12.07, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 17.66, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0311 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.047 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5374, 43.6112, 60.6512)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAAC8 #B6C8AA

analogous

#ADAAC8 #BCAAC8 #C8AAC5

triadic

#BCAAC8 #C8BCAA #AAC8BC

tetradic

#BCAAC8 #C8ADAA #B6C8AA #AAC5C8

square

#BCAAC8 #C8ADAA #B6C8AA #AAC5C8

split-complementary

#BCAAC8 #C5C8AA #AAC8AD

monochromatic

#816196 #9F85B0 #BCAAC8 #D9CFE0 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCAAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCAAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAAC8

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAAC8	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.047 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c3d8',
    500: '#bcaac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaac8;
$custom-light: #d0c3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76294,
    "c": 0.04658,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAAC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#A0466A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAAC8

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

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