#BCA4BD#BCA4BD

#BCA4BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.044 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4BD
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 13.23, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 16.34, 324.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0363 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.044 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1986, 40.9170, 53.7563)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4BD #A5BDA4

analogous

#B0A4BD #BCA4BD #BDA4B2

triadic

#BCA4BD #BDBCA4 #A4BDBC

tetradic

#BCA4BD #BDB0A4 #A5BDA4 #A4B2BD

square

#BCA4BD #BDB0A4 #A5BDA4 #A4B2BD

split-complementary

#BCA4BD #B2BDA4 #A4BDB0

monochromatic

#846186 #A281A3 #BCA4BD #D6C7D7 #F0EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BCA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4BD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4BD	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.044 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd0',
    500: '#bca4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4bd;
$custom-light: #d0bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74745,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4BD

secondary

#DBE2DB

accent

#9A4B4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4BD

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

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