#BCA4BE#BCA4BE

#BCA4BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.045 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4BE
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(295, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 13.42, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 16.80, 323.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% 0.0366 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.045 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3075, 40.9606, 54.3300)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4BE #A6BEA4

analogous

#AFA4BE #BCA4BE #BEA4B3

triadic

#BCA4BE #BEBCA4 #A4BEBC

tetradic

#BCA4BE #BEAFA4 #A6BEA4 #A4B3BE

square

#BCA4BE #BEAFA4 #A6BEA4 #A4B3BE

split-complementary

#BCA4BE #B3BEA4 #A4BEAF

monochromatic

#846187 #A280A5 #BCA4BE #D6C8D8 #F1EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BCA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4BE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4BE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.045 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd1',
    500: '#bca4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4be;
$custom-light: #d0bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74779,
    "c": 0.04549,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4BE

secondary

#DCE3DB

accent

#9B4B51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4BE

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

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