#BCA4C0#BCA4C0

#BCA4C0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.048 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4C0
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 192)
HSL	hsl(291, 18%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 15%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 14.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 13.81, -11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 17.72, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0373 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.048 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5276, 41.0486, 55.4891)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4C0 #A8C0A4

analogous

#AEA4C0 #BCA4C0 #C0A4B6

triadic

#BCA4C0 #C0BCA4 #A4C0BC

tetradic

#BCA4C0 #C0AEA4 #A8C0A4 #A4B6C0

square

#BCA4C0 #C0AEA4 #A8C0A4 #A4B6C0

split-complementary

#BCA4C0 #B6C0A4 #A4C0AE

monochromatic

#84608A #A180A7 #BCA4C0 #D7C8D9 #F1ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA4C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCA4C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4C0

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4C0	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AAC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.048 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd3',
    500: '#bca4c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4c0;
$custom-light: #d0bfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74847,
    "c": 0.04773,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4C0

secondary

#DDE4DC

accent

#9C4955

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4C0

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

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