#BCA0BC#BCA0BC

#BCA0BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.051 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0BC
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 15.25, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 18.56, 325.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.042 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.051 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3858, 39.4645, 52.9518)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0BC #A0BCA0

analogous

#AEA0BC #BCA0BC #BCA0AE

triadic

#BCA0BC #BCBCA0 #A0BCBC

tetradic

#BCA0BC #BCAEA0 #A0BCA0 #A0AEBC

square

#BCA0BC #BCAEA0 #A0BCA0 #A0AEBC

split-complementary

#BCA0BC #AEBCA0 #A0BCAE

monochromatic

#845D84 #A37CA3 #BCA0BC #D5C4D5 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BCA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0BC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0BC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.051 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcd0',
    500: '#bca0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0bc;
$custom-light: #d0bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73935,
    "c": 0.05063,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0BC

secondary

#D8E0D8

accent

#9C4A4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0BC

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

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