#BCAEC4#BCAEC4

#BCAEC4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.035 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC4
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(278, 16%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 11%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, 9.09, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 13.05, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% 0.0237 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.035 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8373, 44.9493, 58.4752)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC4 #B6C4AE

analogous

#B1AEC4 #BCAEC4 #C4AEC1

triadic

#BCAEC4 #C4BCAE #AEC4BC

tetradic

#BCAEC4 #C4B1AE #B6C4AE #AEC1C4

square

#BCAEC4 #C4B1AE #B6C4AE #AEC1C4

split-complementary

#BCAEC4 #C1C4AE #AEC4B1

monochromatic

#81688F #9F8BAA #BCAEC4 #D9D1DE #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BCAEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC4

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC4	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.035 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d5',
    500: '#bcaec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec4;
$custom-light: #d0c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 15.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76946,
    "c": 0.03451,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC4

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#9A4C68

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC4

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

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