#BCA3BA#BCA3BA

#BCA3BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.043 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3BA
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 186)
HSL	hsl(305, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 13.21, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 15.68, 327.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0367 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.043 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6980, 40.4316, 51.9996)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3BA #A3BCA5

analogous

#B2A3BC #BCA3BA #BCA3AE

triadic

#BCA3BA #BABCA3 #A3BABC

tetradic

#BCA3BA #BCB2A3 #A3BCA5 #A3AEBC

square

#BCA3BA #BCB2A3 #A3BCA5 #A3AEBC

split-complementary

#BCA3BA #AEBCA3 #A3BCB2

monochromatic

#846081 #A2809F #BCA3BA #D6C6D5 #F0EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BCA3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3BA

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3BA	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)

#A2A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.043 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bece',
    500: '#bca3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3ba;
$custom-light: #d0bece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.8,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.04304,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3BA

secondary

#DAE1DA

accent

#9A524C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3BA

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

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