#BCA1BC#BCA1BC

#BCA1BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.049 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA1BC
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(300, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 14.70, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 17.89, 325.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0405 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.049 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5598, 39.8126, 53.0098)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA1BC #A1BCA1

analogous

#AEA1BC #BCA1BC #BCA1AE

triadic

#BCA1BC #BCBCA1 #A1BCBC

tetradic

#BCA1BC #BCAEA1 #A1BCA1 #A1AEBC

square

#BCA1BC #BCAEA1 #A1BCA1 #A1AEBC

split-complementary

#BCA1BC #AEBCA1 #A1BCAE

monochromatic

#845E84 #A37DA3 #BCA1BC #D5C5D5 #EFE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BCA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA1BC

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA1BC	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)

#9FA7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.049 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdd0',
    500: '#bca1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca1bc;
$custom-light: #d0bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.77,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74128,
    "c": 0.0488,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA1BC

secondary

#D8E0D8

accent

#9B4A4A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA1BC

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

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