#BCABC0#BCABC0

#BCABC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.035 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC0
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 192)
HSL	hsl(289, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(289, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 9.96, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 13.08, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0268 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.035 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8149, 43.6234, 55.9182)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC0 #AFC0AB

analogous

#B1ABC0 #BCABC0 #C0ABB9

triadic

#BCABC0 #C0BCAB #ABC0BC

tetradic

#BCABC0 #C0B1AB #AFC0AB #ABB9C0

square

#BCABC0 #C0B1AB #AFC0AB #ABB9C0

split-complementary

#BCABC0 #B9C0AB #ABC0B1

monochromatic

#836789 #A088A6 #BCABC0 #D8CEDA #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCABC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BCABC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC0

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC0	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)

#A9AFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.035 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d3',
    500: '#bcabc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc0;
$custom-light: #d0c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76219,
    "c": 0.03505,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC0

secondary

#E2E6E1

accent

#984D5B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC0

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

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