#BCA0BD#BCA0BD

#BCA0BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.052 H 325.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0BD
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(298, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 15.44, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 19.01, 324.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0424 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.052 325)
XYZ	xyz(42.4940, 39.5078, 53.5215)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0BD #A1BDA0

analogous

#ADA0BD #BCA0BD #BDA0AF

triadic

#BCA0BD #BDBCA0 #A0BDBC

tetradic

#BCA0BD #BDADA0 #A1BDA0 #A0AFBD

square

#BCA0BD #BDADA0 #A1BDA0 #A0AFBD

split-complementary

#BCA0BD #AFBDA0 #A0BDAD

monochromatic

#845D86 #A37CA4 #BCA0BD #D5C4D6 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BCA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0BD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0BD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.052 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcd0',
    500: '#bca0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0bd;
$custom-light: #d0bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.931,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.0517,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.39507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0BD

secondary

#D8E1D8

accent

#9C494C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0BD

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

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