#BCAEC7#BCAEC7

#BCAEC7 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.038 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC7
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(274, 18%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, 9.68, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 14.56, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0248 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.038 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1821, 45.0872, 60.2915)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC7 #B9C7AE

analogous

#AFAEC7 #BCAEC7 #C7AEC5

triadic

#BCAEC7 #C7BCAE #AEC7BC

tetradic

#BCAEC7 #C7AFAE #B9C7AE #AEC5C7

square

#BCAEC7 #C7AFAE #B9C7AE #AEC5C7

split-complementary

#BCAEC7 #C5C7AE #AEC7AF

monochromatic

#806694 #9E8AAE #BCAEC7 #DAD2E0 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BCAEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC7

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC7	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.038 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d8',
    500: '#bcaec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec7;
$custom-light: #d0c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 18.248,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77047,
    "c": 0.03829,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC7

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D496E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC7

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

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