#BCA1BE#BCA1BE

#BCA1BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.051 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA1BE
RGB	rgb(188, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(296, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 15.08, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 18.80, 323.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0412 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.051 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7769, 39.8995, 54.1531)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA1BE #A3BEA1

analogous

#AEA1BE #BCA1BE #BEA1B2

triadic

#BCA1BE #BEBCA1 #A1BEBC

tetradic

#BCA1BE #BEAEA1 #A3BEA1 #A1B2BE

square

#BCA1BE #BEAEA1 #A3BEA1 #A1B2BE

split-complementary

#BCA1BE #B2BEA1 #A1BEAE

monochromatic

#845D87 #A27DA5 #BCA1BE #D6C5D7 #F0E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BCA1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BCA1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA1BE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA1BE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.051 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdd1',
    500: '#bca1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca1be;
$custom-light: #d0bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 18.239,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74197,
    "c": 0.05096,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA1BE

secondary

#DAE2D9

accent

#9D494F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA1BE

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

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