#BCABBA#BCABBA

#BCABBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.028 H 329.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABBA
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 186)
HSL	hsl(307, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(307, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 8.82, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 10.36, 328.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0246 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.028 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1637, 43.3628, 52.4882)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABBA #ABBCAD

analogous

#B5ABBC #BCABBA #BCABB1

triadic

#BCABBA #BABCAB #ABBABC

tetradic

#BCABBA #BCB5AB #ABBCAD #ABB1BC

square

#BCABBA #BCB5AB #ABBCAD #ABB1BC

split-complementary

#BCABBA #B1BCAB #ABBCB5

monochromatic

#846980 #A1899E #BCABBA #D7CDD6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCABBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BCABBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABBA

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABBA	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.028 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ce',
    500: '#bcabba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabba;
$custom-light: #d0c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.059,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76024,
    "c": 0.02847,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABBA

secondary

#DFE4E0

accent

#955850

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABBA

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

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