#BCA0C2#BCA0C2

#BCA0C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.057 H 320.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0C2
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 22%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(289, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 16.41, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 21.32, 320.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0441 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.057 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0461, 39.7287, 56.4292)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0C2 #A6C2A0

analogous

#ABA0C2 #BCA0C2 #C2A0B7

triadic

#BCA0C2 #C2BCA0 #A0C2BC

tetradic

#BCA0C2 #C2ABA0 #A6C2A0 #A0B7C2

square

#BCA0C2 #C2ABA0 #A6C2A0 #A0B7C2

split-complementary

#BCA0C2 #B7C2A0 #A0C2AB

monochromatic

#845B8D #A27BAA #BCA0C2 #D6C5DA #F1EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA0C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCA0C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0C2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0C2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.057 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcd4',
    500: '#bca0c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0c2;
$custom-light: #d0bcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 21.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.05729,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0C2

secondary

#DCE4DA

accent

#A04555

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0C2

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

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