#BCA1BA#BCA1BA

#BCA1BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.047 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA1BA
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 186)
HSL	hsl(304, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(304, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 14.32, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 17.01, 327.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0398 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.047 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3457, 39.7270, 51.8822)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA1BA #A1BCA3

analogous

#B0A1BC #BCA1BA #BCA1AC

triadic

#BCA1BA #BABCA1 #A1BABC

tetradic

#BCA1BA #BCB0A1 #A1BCA3 #A1ACBC

square

#BCA1BA #BCB0A1 #A1BCA3 #A1ACBC

split-complementary

#BCA1BA #ACBCA1 #A1BCB0

monochromatic

#845E81 #A37DA0 #BCA1BA #D5C5D4 #EFE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BCA1BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BCA1BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA1BA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA1BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA1BA	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)

#A0A7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca1ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.047 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bcce',
    500: '#bca1ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca1ba;
$custom-light: #d0bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca1ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.444,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74061,
    "c": 0.0467,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA1BA

secondary

#D8E0D9

accent

#9B504A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA1BA

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

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