#BCAEC9#BCAEC9

#BCAEC9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.041 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAEC9
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(271, 20%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, 10.08, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 15.58, 310.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0255 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.041 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4159, 45.1807, 61.5225)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAEC9 #BBC9AE

analogous

#AEAEC9 #BCAEC9 #C9AEC8

triadic

#BCAEC9 #C9BCAE #AEC9BC

tetradic

#BCAEC9 #C9AEAE #BBC9AE #AEC8C9

square

#BCAEC9 #C9AEAE #BBC9AE #AEC8C9

split-complementary

#BCAEC9 #C8C9AE #AEC9AE

monochromatic

#7F6598 #9E89B1 #BCAEC9 #DAD3E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BCAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BCAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAEC9

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAEC9	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.041 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d9',
    500: '#bcaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaec9;
$custom-light: #d0c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77115,
    "c": 0.04087,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAEC9

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9E4771

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAEC9

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

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