#BCA3BD#BCA3BD

#BCA3BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.046 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3BD
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 13.78, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 17.01, 324.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0378 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.046 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0203, 40.5605, 53.6969)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3BD #A4BDA3

analogous

#AFA3BD #BCA3BD #BDA3B1

triadic

#BCA3BD #BDBCA3 #A3BDBC

tetradic

#BCA3BD #BDAFA3 #A4BDA3 #A3B1BD

square

#BCA3BD #BDAFA3 #A4BDA3 #A3B1BD

split-complementary

#BCA3BD #B1BDA3 #A3BDAF

monochromatic

#846086 #A27FA3 #BCA3BD #D6C7D7 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BCA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3BD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3BD	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.046 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bed0',
    500: '#bca3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3bd;
$custom-light: #d0bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7455,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3BD

secondary

#DAE2DA

accent

#9B4B4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3BD

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

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