#BCA2C8#BCA2C8

#BCA2C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.061 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA2C8
RGB	rgb(188, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(281, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 16.48, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 22.90, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0431 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.061 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0831, 40.7027, 60.1665)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA2C8 #AEC8A2

analogous

#A9A2C8 #BCA2C8 #C8A2C1

triadic

#BCA2C8 #C8BCA2 #A2C8BC

tetradic

#BCA2C8 #C8A9A2 #AEC8A2 #A2C1C8

square

#BCA2C8 #C8A9A2 #AEC8A2 #A2C1C8

split-complementary

#BCA2C8 #C1C8A2 #A2C8A9

monochromatic

#835997 #A07CB1 #BCA2C8 #D8C8DF #F1ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA2C8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA2C8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ACC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.061 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bdd8',
    500: '#bca2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca2c8;
$custom-light: #d0bdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74743,
    "c": 0.0608,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA2C8

secondary

#E1E8DE

accent

#A44161

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F6FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA2C8

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

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