#BCACBA#BCACBA

#BCACBA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.027 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCACBA
RGB	rgb(188, 172, 186)
HSL	hsl(308, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 8.27, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 9.70, 328.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.023 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.027 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3533, 43.7421, 52.5514)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCACBA #ACBCAE

analogous

#B6ACBC #BCACBA #BCACB2

triadic

#BCACBA #BABCAC #ACBABC

tetradic

#BCACBA #BCB6AC #ACBCAE #ACB2BC

square

#BCACBA #BCB6AC #ACBCAE #ACB2BC

split-complementary

#BCACBA #B2BCAC #ACBCB6

monochromatic

#836A80 #A18A9E #BCACBA #D7CED6 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BCACBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#BCACBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCACBA

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCACBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCACBA	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)

#ACAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcacba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 172, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.027 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c4ce',
    500: '#bcacba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcacba;
$custom-light: #d0c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcacba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 10.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.02665,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCACBA

secondary

#E0E4E0

accent

#955951

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCACBA

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

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