#BCAFBE#BCAFBE

#BCAFBE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.026 H 321.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAFBE
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 10%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(292, 8%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, 7.39, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 9.49, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% 0.02 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.026 321.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3619, 45.0693, 55.0148)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAFBE #B1BEAF

analogous

#B5AFBE #BCAFBE #BEAFB9

triadic

#BCAFBE #BEBCAF #AFBEBC

tetradic

#BCAFBE #BEB5AF #B1BEAF #AFB9BE

square

#BCAFBE #BEB5AF #B1BEAF #AFB9BE

split-complementary

#BCAFBE #B9BEAF #AFBEB5

monochromatic

#836D86 #A08DA3 #BCAFBE #D8D1D9 #F1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BCAFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BCAFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAFBE

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAFBE	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)

#AEB2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcafbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.026 321.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d1',
    500: '#bcafbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcafbe;
$custom-light: #d0c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcafbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76949,
    "c": 0.02553,
    "h": 321.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAFBE

secondary

#E3E6E2

accent

#94515A

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F9

border

#D2D1D2

text

#141314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAFBE

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

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