#BCA3BF#BCA3BF

#BCA3BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.048 H 322.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA3BF
RGB	rgb(188, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(294, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(294, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 14.16, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 17.92, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% 0.0385 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.048 322.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2389, 40.6480, 54.8481)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA3BF #A6BFA3

analogous

#AEA3BF #BCA3BF #BFA3B4

triadic

#BCA3BF #BFBCA3 #A3BFBC

tetradic

#BCA3BF #BFAEA3 #A6BFA3 #A3B4BF

square

#BCA3BF #BFAEA3 #A6BFA3 #A3B4BF

split-complementary

#BCA3BF #B4BFA3 #A3BFAE

monochromatic

#845F89 #A27FA6 #BCA3BF #D6C7D8 #F1EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCA3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BCA3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA3BF

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA3BF	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.048 322.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bed2',
    500: '#bca3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca3bf;
$custom-light: #d0bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.571,
    "s": 17.949,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74618,
    "c": 0.04842,
    "h": 322.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA3BF

secondary

#DCE3DB

accent

#9C4952

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA3BF

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

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