#BCABBF#BCABBF

#BCABBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.034 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABBF
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 191)
HSL	hsl(291, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(291, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 9.76, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 12.61, 320.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0264 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.034 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7045, 43.5792, 55.3367)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABBF #AEBFAB

analogous

#B2ABBF #BCABBF #BFABB8

triadic

#BCABBF #BFBCAB #ABBFBC

tetradic

#BCABBF #BFB2AB #AEBFAB #ABB8BF

square

#BCABBF #BFB2AB #AEBFAB #ABB8BF

split-complementary

#BCABBF #B8BFAB #ABBFB2

monochromatic

#836888 #A088A5 #BCABBF #D8CED9 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCABBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCABBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABBF

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABBF	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)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDADB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.034 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d2',
    500: '#bcabbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabbf;
$custom-light: #d0c4d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76186,
    "c": 0.03389,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABBF

secondary

#E1E6E0

accent

#984E59

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABBF

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

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