#BCA4BA#BCA4BA

#BCA4BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.041 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4BA
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 186)
HSL	hsl(305, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 12.66, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 15.01, 327.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0352 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.041 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8763, 40.7881, 52.0590)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4BA #A4BCA6

analogous

#B2A4BC #BCA4BA #BCA4AE

triadic

#BCA4BA #BABCA4 #A4BABC

tetradic

#BCA4BA #BCB2A4 #A4BCA6 #A4AEBC

square

#BCA4BA #BCB2A4 #A4BCA6 #A4AEBC

split-complementary

#BCA4BA #AEBCA4 #A4BCB2

monochromatic

#846181 #A2819F #BCA4BA #D6C7D5 #F0EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BCA4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4BA

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4BA	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.041 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfce',
    500: '#bca4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4ba;
$custom-light: #d0bfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.0412,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4BA

secondary

#DAE1DB

accent

#99534C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4BA

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

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