#BCA3BE#BCA3BE

#BCA3BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.047 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3BE
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(296, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(296, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, 13.97, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 17.46, 323.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0381 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.047 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1292, 40.6041, 54.2706)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3BE #A5BEA3

analogous

#AFA3BE #BCA3BE #BEA3B3

triadic

#BCA3BE #BEBCA3 #A3BEBC

tetradic

#BCA3BE #BEAFA3 #A5BEA3 #A3B3BE

square

#BCA3BE #BEAFA3 #A5BEA3 #A3B3BE

split-complementary

#BCA3BE #B3BEA3 #A3BEAF

monochromatic

#845F87 #A27FA5 #BCA3BE #D6C7D7 #F0EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BCA3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3BE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3BE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.047 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bed1',
    500: '#bca3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3be;
$custom-light: #d0bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.556,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.04731,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3BE

secondary

#DBE2DA

accent

#9B4A50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3BE

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

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