#BCAFBD#BCAFBD

#BCAFBD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.024 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAFBD
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(296, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, 7.20, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 9.03, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0197 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.024 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2529, 45.0258, 54.4411)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAFBD #B0BDAF

analogous

#B5AFBD #BCAFBD #BDAFB7

triadic

#BCAFBD #BDBCAF #AFBDBC

tetradic

#BCAFBD #BDB5AF #B0BDAF #AFB7BD

square

#BCAFBD #BDB5AF #B0BDAF #AFB7BD

split-complementary

#BCAFBD #B7BDAF #AFBDB5

monochromatic

#836D84 #A08DA1 #BCAFBD #D8D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#BCAFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAFBD

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAFBD	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcafbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.024 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d0',
    500: '#bcafbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcafbd;
$custom-light: #d0c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcafbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.0244,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAFBD

secondary

#E2E6E2

accent

#945257

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAFBD

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

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