#BCAEBE#BCAEBE

#BCAEBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.027 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEBE
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(293, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 7.93, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 10.15, 321.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0215 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.027 322)
XYZ	xyz(45.1680, 44.6815, 54.9501)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEBE #B0BEAE

analogous

#B4AEBE #BCAEBE #BEAEB8

triadic

#BCAEBE #BEBCAE #AEBEBC

tetradic

#BCAEBE #BEB4AE #B0BEAE #AEB8BE

square

#BCAEBE #BEB4AE #B0BEAE #AEB8BE

split-complementary

#BCAEBE #B8BEAE #AEBEB4

monochromatic

#836C86 #A08CA3 #BCAEBE #D8D0D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCAEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCAEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEBE

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEBE	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.027 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d1',
    500: '#bcaebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaebe;
$custom-light: #d0c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.5,
    "s": 10.959,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7675,
    "c": 0.02733,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.44681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEBE

secondary

#E2E6E2

accent

#955059

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEBE

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

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