#BCABC3#BCABC3

#BCABC3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.039 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC3
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(283, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(283, 12%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 10.54, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 14.52, 316.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0279 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.039 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1507, 43.7577, 57.6867)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC3 #B2C3AB

analogous

#B0ABC3 #BCABC3 #C3ABBE

triadic

#BCABC3 #C3BCAB #ABC3BC

tetradic

#BCABC3 #C3B0AB #B2C3AB #ABBEC3

square

#BCABC3 #C3B0AB #B2C3AB #ABBEC3

split-complementary

#BCABC3 #BEC3AB #ABC3B0

monochromatic

#82668E #A087AA #BCABC3 #D8CFDD #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC3

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC3	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.039 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d5',
    500: '#bcabc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc3;
$custom-light: #d0c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.03862,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC3

secondary

#E4E8E2

accent

#9B4B62

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC3

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

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