#BCABBC#BCABBC

#BCABBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.031 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABBC
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 9.19, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 11.23, 324.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0253 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.031 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3778, 43.4485, 53.6158)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABBC #ABBCAB

analogous

#B3ABBC #BCABBC #BCABB3

triadic

#BCABBC #BCBCAB #ABBCBC

tetradic

#BCABBC #BCB3AB #ABBCAB #ABB3BC

square

#BCABBC #BCB3AB #ABBCAB #ABB3BC

split-complementary

#BCABBC #B3BCAB #ABBCB3

monochromatic

#846984 #A189A1 #BCABBC #D7CDD7 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BCABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABBC

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABBC	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.031 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d0',
    500: '#bcabbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabbc;
$custom-light: #d0c4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.258,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76088,
    "c": 0.03055,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABBC

secondary

#DFE4DF

accent

#955050

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABBC

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

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