#BCA4BC#BCA4BC

#BCA4BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.043 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4BC
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 13.04, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 15.89, 325.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0359 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.043 326)
XYZ	xyz(43.0904, 40.8738, 53.1866)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4BC #A4BCA4

analogous

#B0A4BC #BCA4BC #BCA4B0

triadic

#BCA4BC #BCBCA4 #A4BCBC

tetradic

#BCA4BC #BCB0A4 #A4BCA4 #A4B0BC

square

#BCA4BC #BCB0A4 #A4BCA4 #A4B0BC

split-complementary

#BCA4BC #B0BCA4 #A4BCB0

monochromatic

#846184 #A281A2 #BCA4BC #D6C7D6 #F0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCA4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4BC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4BC	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)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.043 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd0',
    500: '#bca4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4bc;
$custom-light: #d0bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74711,
    "c": 0.04331,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.40873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4BC

secondary

#DAE1DA

accent

#994C4C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4BC

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

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