#BCABBB#BCABBB

#BCABBB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.029 H 327.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABBB
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(304, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(304, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 9.01, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 10.79, 326.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.0249 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.029 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2703, 43.4055, 53.0500)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABBB #ABBCAC

analogous

#B4ABBC #BCABBB #BCABB2

triadic

#BCABBB #BBBCAB #ABBBBC

tetradic

#BCABBB #BCB4AB #ABBCAC #ABB2BC

square

#BCABBB #BCB4AB #ABBCAC #ABB2BC

split-complementary

#BCABBB #B2BCAB #ABBCB4

monochromatic

#846982 #A1899F #BCABBB #D7CDD7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BCABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABBB

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABBB	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.029 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4cf',
    500: '#bcabbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabbb;
$custom-light: #d0c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76056,
    "c": 0.02949,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABBB

secondary

#DFE4DF

accent

#955450

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABBB

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

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