#BCAEC3#BCAEC3

#BCAEC3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.033 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC3
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 195)
HSL	hsl(280, 15%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(280, 11%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, 8.89, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 12.55, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0234 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.033 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7238, 44.9039, 57.8777)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC3 #B5C3AE

analogous

#B1AEC3 #BCAEC3 #C3AEC0

triadic

#BCAEC3 #C3BCAE #AEC3BC

tetradic

#BCAEC3 #C3B1AE #B5C3AE #AEC0C3

square

#BCAEC3 #C3B1AE #B5C3AE #AEC0C3

split-complementary

#BCAEC3 #C0C3AE #AEC3B1

monochromatic

#81698E #9F8BA9 #BCAEC3 #D9D1DD #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#BCAEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC3

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC3	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.033 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d5',
    500: '#bcaec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec3;
$custom-light: #d0c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76913,
    "c": 0.03327,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC3

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#994C66

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC3

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

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