#BCAFC8#BCAFC8

#BCAFC8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.038 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAFC8
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(271, 19%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(271, 13%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 9.33, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 14.42, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0237 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.038 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.4925, 45.5216, 60.9696)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAFC8 #BBC8AF

analogous

#AFAFC8 #BCAFC8 #C8AFC7

triadic

#BCAFC8 #C8BCAF #AFC8BC

tetradic

#BCAFC8 #C8AFAF #BBC8AF #AFC7C8

square

#BCAFC8 #C8AFAF #BBC8AF #AFC7C8

split-complementary

#BCAFC8 #C7C8AF #AFC8AF

monochromatic

#7F6796 #9E8BAF #BCAFC8 #DAD3E1 #F0EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCAFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BCAFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAFC8

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAFC8	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcafc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.038 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c6d8',
    500: '#bcafc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcafc8;
$custom-light: #d0c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcafc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.03784,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAFC8

secondary

#E5E9E2

accent

#9D4971

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAFC8

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

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