#BCAEBC#BCAEBC

#BCAEBC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.025 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEBC
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 7.56, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 9.24, 324.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% 0.0208 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.025 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9509, 44.5947, 53.8068)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEBC #AEBCAE

analogous

#B5AEBC #BCAEBC #BCAEB5

triadic

#BCAEBC #BCBCAE #AEBCBC

tetradic

#BCAEBC #BCB5AE #AEBCAE #AEB5BC

square

#BCAEBC #BCB5AE #AEBCAE #AEB5BC

split-complementary

#BCAEBC #B5BCAE #AEBCB5

monochromatic

#836C83 #A08DA0 #BCAEBC #D8CFD8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BCAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEBC

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEBC	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.025 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d0',
    500: '#bcaebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaebc;
$custom-light: #d0c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.459,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76686,
    "c": 0.02512,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEBC

secondary

#E1E5E1

accent

#935252

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEBC

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

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