#BCA4C4#BCA4C4

#BCA4C4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.052 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4C4
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 196)
HSL	hsl(285, 21%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(285, 16%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 16.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 14.59, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 19.63, 317.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0387 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.052 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9768, 41.2283, 57.8550)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4C4 #ACC4A4

analogous

#ACA4C4 #BCA4C4 #C4A4BC

triadic

#BCA4C4 #C4BCA4 #A4C4BC

tetradic

#BCA4C4 #C4ACA4 #ACC4A4 #A4BCC4

square

#BCA4C4 #C4ACA4 #ACC4A4 #A4BCC4

split-complementary

#BCA4C4 #BCC4A4 #A4C4AC

monochromatic

#835D90 #A17FAC #BCA4C4 #D7C9DC #F1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCA4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4C4

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4C4	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.052 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd5',
    500: '#bca4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4c4;
$custom-light: #d0bfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 21.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74986,
    "c": 0.05239,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4C4

secondary

#E0E6DE

accent

#A0465C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4C4

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

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