#BCA0C4#BCA0C4

#BCA0C4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.060 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA0C4
RGB	rgb(188, 160, 196)
HSL	hsl(287, 23%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(287, 18%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 16.80, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 22.28, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0448 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.06 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2722, 39.8191, 57.6201)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA0C4 #A8C4A0

analogous

#AAA0C4 #BCA0C4 #C4A0BA

triadic

#BCA0C4 #C4BCA0 #A0C4BC

tetradic

#BCA0C4 #C4AAA0 #A8C4A0 #A0BAC4

square

#BCA0C4 #C4AAA0 #A8C4A0 #A0BAC4

split-complementary

#BCA0C4 #BAC4A0 #A0C4AA

monochromatic

#845990 #A17AAD #BCA0C4 #D7C6DB #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCA0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA0C4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA0C4	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 160, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.060 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcd5',
    500: '#bca0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca0c4;
$custom-light: #d0bcd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 23.377,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74216,
    "c": 0.05962,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA0C4

secondary

#DDE5DB

accent

#A24459

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA0C4

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

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