#BCA2BD#BCA2BD

#BCA2BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.048 H 324.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2BD
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 14.33, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 17.67, 324.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0393 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.048 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8435, 40.2068, 53.6380)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2BD #A3BDA2

analogous

#AFA2BD #BCA2BD #BDA2B1

triadic

#BCA2BD #BDBCA2 #A2BDBC

tetradic

#BCA2BD #BDAFA2 #A3BDA2 #A2B1BD

square

#BCA2BD #BDAFA2 #A3BDA2 #A2B1BD

split-complementary

#BCA2BD #B1BDA2 #A2BDAF

monochromatic

#845F86 #A27EA4 #BCA2BD #D6C6D6 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BCA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2BD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2BD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.048 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdd0',
    500: '#bca2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2bd;
$custom-light: #d0bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.04804,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2BD

secondary

#DAE1D9

accent

#9B4A4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2BD

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

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