#BCA0BE#BCA0BE

#BCA0BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.053 H 324.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0BE
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(296, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 15.63, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 19.46, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0427 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.053 324)
XYZ	xyz(42.6029, 39.5514, 54.0951)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0BE #A2BEA0

analogous

#ADA0BE #BCA0BE #BEA0B1

triadic

#BCA0BE #BEBCA0 #A0BEBC

tetradic

#BCA0BE #BEADA0 #A2BEA0 #A0B1BE

square

#BCA0BE #BEADA0 #A2BEA0 #A0B1BE

split-complementary

#BCA0BE #B1BEA0 #A0BEAD

monochromatic

#845C87 #A27CA5 #BCA0BE #D6C4D7 #EFE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BCA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BCA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0BE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0BE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.053 324.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcd1',
    500: '#bca0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0be;
$custom-light: #d0bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74004,
    "c": 0.05279,
    "h": 324
  },
  "luminance": 0.39551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0BE

secondary

#D9E1D8

accent

#9D484E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0BE

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

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