#BCABC4#BCABC4

#BCABC4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.040 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCABC4
RGB	rgb(188, 171, 196)
HSL	hsl(281, 17%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(281, 13%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 12.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 10.73, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 15.01, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0282 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.04 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2642, 43.8030, 58.2841)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCABC4 #B3C4AB

analogous

#B0ABC4 #BCABC4 #C4ABC0

triadic

#BCABC4 #C4BCAB #ABC4BC

tetradic

#BCABC4 #C4B0AB #B3C4AB #ABC0C4

square

#BCABC4 #C4B0AB #B3C4AB #ABC0C4

split-complementary

#BCABC4 #C0C4AB #ABC4B0

monochromatic

#826590 #9F87AB #BCABC4 #D9CFDD #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCABC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BCABC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCABC4

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCABC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCABC4	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB1C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcabc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 171, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.040 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4d5',
    500: '#bcabc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcabc4;
$custom-light: #d0c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcabc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 17.483,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76353,
    "c": 0.03984,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCABC4

secondary

#E4E9E2

accent

#9C4A64

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCABC4

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

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