#BCAEC8#BCAEC8

#BCAEC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.040 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC8
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(272, 19%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, 9.88, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 15.06, 310.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.0252 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.04 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2986, 45.1338, 60.9050)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC8 #BAC8AE

analogous

#AFAEC8 #BCAEC8 #C8AEC7

triadic

#BCAEC8 #C8BCAE #AEC8BC

tetradic

#BCAEC8 #C8AFAE #BAC8AE #AEC7C8

square

#BCAEC8 #C8AFAE #BAC8AE #AEC7C8

split-complementary

#BCAEC8 #C7C8AE #AEC8AF

monochromatic

#806696 #9E8AAF #BCAEC8 #DAD2E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BCAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC8

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC8	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.040 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d8',
    500: '#bcaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec8;
$custom-light: #d0c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77081,
    "c": 0.03958,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D486F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC8

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

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