#BCA4BF#BCA4BF

#BCA4BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.047 H 322.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4BF
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(293, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, 13.61, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 17.26, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.037 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.047 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4172, 41.0045, 54.9076)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4BF #A7BFA4

analogous

#AFA4BF #BCA4BF #BFA4B5

triadic

#BCA4BF #BFBCA4 #A4BFBC

tetradic

#BCA4BF #BFAFA4 #A7BFA4 #A4B5BF

square

#BCA4BF #BFAFA4 #A7BFA4 #A4B5BF

split-complementary

#BCA4BF #B5BFA4 #A4BFAF

monochromatic

#846089 #A280A6 #BCA4BF #D6C8D8 #F1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BCA4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4BF

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4BF	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.047 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd2',
    500: '#bca4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4bf;
$custom-light: #d0bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74813,
    "c": 0.0466,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4BF

secondary

#DCE3DC

accent

#9C4A53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4BF

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

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