#BCA2B8#BCA2B8

#BCA2B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.043 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2B8
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(309, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(309, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, 13.39, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 15.49, 329.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0375 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.043 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3101, 39.9935, 50.8288)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2B8 #A2BCA6

analogous

#B3A2BC #BCA2B8 #BCA2AB

triadic

#BCA2B8 #B8BCA2 #A2B8BC

tetradic

#BCA2B8 #BCB3A2 #A2BCA6 #A2ABBC

square

#BCA2B8 #BCB3A2 #A2BCA6 #A2ABBC

split-complementary

#BCA2B8 #ABBCA2 #A2BCB3

monochromatic

#845F7F #A27E9D #BCA2B8 #D6C6D3 #EFE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BCA2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BCA2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2B8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2B8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.043 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdcd',
    500: '#bca2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2b8;
$custom-light: #d0bdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74188,
    "c": 0.04285,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2B8

secondary

#D9E1DA

accent

#9A574B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2B8

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

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