#BCA0BF#BCA0BF

#BCA0BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.054 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0BF
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(294, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 15.82, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 19.92, 322.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0431 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.054 323)
XYZ	xyz(42.7126, 39.5952, 54.6727)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0BF #A3BFA0

analogous

#ADA0BF #BCA0BF #BFA0B3

triadic

#BCA0BF #BFBCA0 #A0BFBC

tetradic

#BCA0BF #BFADA0 #A3BFA0 #A0B3BF

square

#BCA0BF #BFADA0 #A3BFA0 #A0B3BF

split-complementary

#BCA0BF #B3BFA0 #A0BFAD

monochromatic

#845C89 #A27BA6 #BCA0BF #D6C5D8 #F0E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BCA0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0BF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0BF	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.054 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcd2',
    500: '#bca0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0bf;
$custom-light: #d0bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.194,
    "s": 19.497,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74039,
    "c": 0.05389,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0BF

secondary

#DAE2D9

accent

#9E4850

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0BF

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

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