#BCA2C4#BCA2C4

#BCA2C4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.056 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2C4
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 196)
HSL	hsl(286, 22%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(286, 17%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 15.69, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 20.95, 318.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% 0.0417 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.056 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6217, 40.5181, 57.7366)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2C4 #AAC4A2

analogous

#ABA2C4 #BCA2C4 #C4A2BB

triadic

#BCA2C4 #C4BCA2 #A2C4BC

tetradic

#BCA2C4 #C4ABA2 #AAC4A2 #A2BBC4

square

#BCA2C4 #C4ABA2 #AAC4A2 #A2BBC4

split-complementary

#BCA2C4 #BBC4A2 #A2C4AB

monochromatic

#845B90 #A17DAC #BCA2C4 #D7C7DC #F2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCA2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2C4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2C4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.056 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdd5',
    500: '#bca2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2c4;
$custom-light: #d0bdd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 22.368,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.746,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2C4

secondary

#DEE6DC

accent

#A1455A

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2C4

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

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