#BCA0BB#BCA0BB

#BCA0BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.050 H 327.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0BB
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(302, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(302, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 15.06, -10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 18.11, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0417 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.05 327.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2784, 39.4216, 52.3860)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0BB #A0BCA1

analogous

#AFA0BC #BCA0BB #BCA0AD

triadic

#BCA0BB #BBBCA0 #A0BBBC

tetradic

#BCA0BB #BCAFA0 #A0BCA1 #A0ADBC

square

#BCA0BB #BCAFA0 #A0BCA1 #A0ADBC

split-complementary

#BCA0BB #ADBCA0 #A0BCAF

monochromatic

#845D83 #A37CA1 #BCA0BB #D5C4D5 #EFE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BCA0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0BB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0BB	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#9FA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.050 327.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bccf',
    500: '#bca0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0bb;
$custom-light: #d0bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.04957,
    "h": 327.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0BB

secondary

#D8E0D8

accent

#9C4D4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0BB

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

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