#BCA2BE#BCA2BE

#BCA2BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.049 H 323.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2BE
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(296, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 14.52, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 18.13, 323.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.0397 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.049 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9524, 40.2504, 54.2116)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2BE #A4BEA2

analogous

#AEA2BE #BCA2BE #BEA2B2

triadic

#BCA2BE #BEBCA2 #A2BEBC

tetradic

#BCA2BE #BEAEA2 #A4BEA2 #A2B2BE

square

#BCA2BE #BEAEA2 #A4BEA2 #A2B2BE

split-complementary

#BCA2BE #B2BEA2 #A2BEAE

monochromatic

#845E87 #A27EA5 #BCA2BE #D6C6D7 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCA2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCA2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2BE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2BE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.049 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdd1',
    500: '#bca2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2be;
$custom-light: #d0bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 17.722,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.04914,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2BE

secondary

#DAE2DA

accent

#9C494F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2BE

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

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