#BCAEC0#BCAEC0

#BCAEC0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.030 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC0
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(287, 13%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(287, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 8.31, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 11.09, 318.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0223 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.03 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3880, 44.7696, 56.1093)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC0 #B2C0AE

analogous

#B3AEC0 #BCAEC0 #C0AEBB

triadic

#BCAEC0 #C0BCAE #AEC0BC

tetradic

#BCAEC0 #C0B3AE #B2C0AE #AEBBC0

square

#BCAEC0 #C0B3AE #B2C0AE #AEBBC0

split-complementary

#BCAEC0 #BBC0AE #AEC0B3

monochromatic

#826B89 #A08CA5 #BCAEC0 #D8D0DB #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BCAEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BCAEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC0

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC0	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.030 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d3',
    500: '#bcaec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec0;
$custom-light: #d0c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 12.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76814,
    "c": 0.02965,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC0

secondary

#E4E7E3

accent

#974F5F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC0

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

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