#BCAEBD#BCAEBD

#BCAEBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.026 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEBD
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 7.74, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 9.69, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0212 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.026 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.0590, 44.6380, 54.3765)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEBD #AFBDAE

analogous

#B4AEBD #BCAEBD #BDAEB6

triadic

#BCAEBD #BDBCAE #AEBDBC

tetradic

#BCAEBD #BDB4AE #AFBDAE #AEB6BD

square

#BCAEBD #BDB4AE #AFBDAE #AEB6BD

split-complementary

#BCAEBD #B6BDAE #AEBDB4

monochromatic

#836C85 #A08CA2 #BCAEBD #D8D0D8 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BCAEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BCAEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEBD

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEBD	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.026 323.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.0262,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEBD

secondary

#E2E5E1

accent

#945156

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEBD

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

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