#BCA4BB#BCA4BB

#BCA4BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.042 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4BB
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(303, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(303, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, 12.85, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 15.45, 326.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0355 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.042 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9830, 40.8308, 52.6209)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4BB #A4BCA5

analogous

#B1A4BC #BCA4BB #BCA4AF

triadic

#BCA4BB #BBBCA4 #A4BBBC

tetradic

#BCA4BB #BCB1A4 #A4BCA5 #A4AFBC

square

#BCA4BB #BCB1A4 #A4BCA5 #A4AFBC

split-complementary

#BCA4BB #AFBCA4 #A4BCB1

monochromatic

#846183 #A281A1 #BCA4BB #D6C7D5 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCA4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4BB

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4BB	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.042 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfcf',
    500: '#bca4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4bb;
$custom-light: #d0bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.5,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74678,
    "c": 0.04225,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4BB

secondary

#DAE1DB

accent

#994F4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4BB

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

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