#BCA3BC#BCA3BC

#BCA3BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.045 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3BC
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, 13.59, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 16.56, 325.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0374 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.045 326)
XYZ	xyz(42.9121, 40.5173, 53.1272)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3BC #A3BCA3

analogous

#B0A3BC #BCA3BC #BCA3B0

triadic

#BCA3BC #BCBCA3 #A3BCBC

tetradic

#BCA3BC #BCB0A3 #A3BCA3 #A3B0BC

square

#BCA3BC #BCB0A3 #A3BCA3 #A3B0BC

split-complementary

#BCA3BC #B0BCA3 #A3BCB0

monochromatic

#846084 #A280A2 #BCA3BC #D6C6D6 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BCA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BCA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3BC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3BC	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)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.045 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bed0',
    500: '#bca3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3bc;
$custom-light: #d0bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74516,
    "c": 0.04514,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.40517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3BC

secondary

#DAE1DA

accent

#9A4C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3BC

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

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