#BCA0BA#BCA0BA

#BCA0BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.049 H 328.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0BA
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 14.87, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 17.68, 327.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% 0.0413 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.049 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1717, 39.3789, 51.8242)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0BA #A0BCA2

analogous

#B0A0BC #BCA0BA #BCA0AC

triadic

#BCA0BA #BABCA0 #A0BABC

tetradic

#BCA0BA #BCB0A0 #A0BCA2 #A0ACBC

square

#BCA0BA #BCB0A0 #A0BCA2 #A0ACBC

split-complementary

#BCA0BA #ACBCA0 #A0BCB0

monochromatic

#845D82 #A37CA0 #BCA0BA #D5C4D4 #EFE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#BCA0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BCA0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0BA

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0BA	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.049 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcce',
    500: '#bca0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0ba;
$custom-light: #d0bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.04853,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0BA

secondary

#D8E0D8

accent

#9C504A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0BA

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

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