#BCAEBF#BCAEBF

#BCAEBF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.028 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEBF
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(289, 12%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(289, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 8.12, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 10.62, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0219 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.028 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2776, 44.7254, 55.5277)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEBF #B1BFAE

analogous

#B4AEBF #BCAEBF #BFAEBA

triadic

#BCAEBF #BFBCAE #AEBFBC

tetradic

#BCAEBF #BFB4AE #B1BFAE #AEBABF

square

#BCAEBF #BFB4AE #B1BFAE #AEBABF

split-complementary

#BCAEBF #BABFAE #AEBFB4

monochromatic

#836B88 #A08CA4 #BCAEBF #D8D0DA #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCAEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BCAEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEBF

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEBF	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)

#ADB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.028 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d2',
    500: '#bcaebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaebf;
$custom-light: #d0c6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76782,
    "c": 0.02848,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEBF

secondary

#E3E7E2

accent

#96505C

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEBF

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

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