#BCAEC6#BCAEC6

#BCAEC6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.037 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC6
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(275, 17%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 9.48, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 14.05, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0245 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.037 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0664, 45.0409, 59.6821)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC6 #B8C6AE

analogous

#B0AEC6 #BCAEC6 #C6AEC4

triadic

#BCAEC6 #C6BCAE #AEC6BC

tetradic

#BCAEC6 #C6B0AE #B8C6AE #AEC4C6

square

#BCAEC6 #C6B0AE #B8C6AE #AEC4C6

split-complementary

#BCAEC6 #C4C6AE #AEC6B0

monochromatic

#806793 #9E8AAD #BCAEC6 #DAD2DF #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC6

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC6	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.037 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d7',
    500: '#bcaec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec6;
$custom-light: #d0c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 17.391,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77013,
    "c": 0.03702,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC6

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9C4A6C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC6

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

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