#BCA2C2#BCA2C2

#BCA2C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.054 H 319.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2C2
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 194)
HSL	hsl(289, 21%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(289, 16%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 15.30, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 20.00, 319.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0411 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.054 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3956, 40.4277, 56.5457)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2C2 #A8C2A2

analogous

#ACA2C2 #BCA2C2 #C2A2B8

triadic

#BCA2C2 #C2BCA2 #A2C2BC

tetradic

#BCA2C2 #C2ACA2 #A8C2A2 #A2B8C2

square

#BCA2C2 #C2ACA2 #A8C2A2 #A2B8C2

split-complementary

#BCA2C2 #B8C2A2 #A2C2AC

monochromatic

#845D8D #A17DAA #BCA2C2 #D7C7DA #F1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCA2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2C2

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2C2	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA9C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.054 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdd4',
    500: '#bca2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2c2;
$custom-light: #d0bdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.75,
    "s": 20.779,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74529,
    "c": 0.05366,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2C2

secondary

#DDE4DB

accent

#9F4657

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2C2

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

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