#BCABC2#BCABC2

#BCABC2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.037 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC2
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(284, 16%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(284, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, 10.34, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 14.04, 317.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0275 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.037 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0380, 43.7126, 57.0932)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC2 #B1C2AB

analogous

#B1ABC2 #BCABC2 #C2ABBD

triadic

#BCABC2 #C2BCAB #ABC2BC

tetradic

#BCABC2 #C2B1AB #B1C2AB #ABBDC2

square

#BCABC2 #C2B1AB #B1C2AB #ABBDC2

split-complementary

#BCABC2 #BDC2AB #ABC2B1

monochromatic

#83668D #A088A8 #BCABC2 #D8CEDC #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BCABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BCABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC2

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC2	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.037 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d4',
    500: '#bcabc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc2;
$custom-light: #d0c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 15.862,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76286,
    "c": 0.03741,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC2

secondary

#E3E7E1

accent

#9A4B60

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC2

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

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