#BCABBD#BCABBD

#BCABBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.032 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABBD
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(297, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 9.38, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 11.68, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.12% 0.0257 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(76.12% 0.032 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4859, 43.4918, 54.1855)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABBD #ACBDAB

analogous

#B3ABBD #BCABBD #BDABB5

triadic

#BCABBD #BDBCAB #ABBDBC

tetradic

#BCABBD #BDB3AB #ACBDAB #ABB5BD

square

#BCABBD #BDB3AB #ACBDAB #ABB5BD

split-complementary

#BCABBD #B5BDAB #ABBDB3

monochromatic

#836985 #A189A2 #BCABBD #D7CDD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BCABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BCABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABBD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABBD	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.032 324.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76121,
    "c": 0.03164,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABBD

secondary

#E0E4DF

accent

#964F53

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABBD

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

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