#BCA5BA#BCA5BA

#BCA5BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.039 H 328.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5BA
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(305, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(305, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 12.11, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 14.35, 327.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.0337 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.039 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0560, 41.1474, 52.1189)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5BA #A5BCA7

analogous

#B3A5BC #BCA5BA #BCA5AF

triadic

#BCA5BA #BABCA5 #A5BABC

tetradic

#BCA5BA #BCB3A5 #A5BCA7 #A5AFBC

square

#BCA5BA #BCB3A5 #A5BCA7 #A5AFBC

split-complementary

#BCA5BA #AFBCA5 #A5BCB3

monochromatic

#846281 #A2829F #BCA5BA #D6C8D5 #F0EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCA5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BCA5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5BA

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5BA	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.039 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfce',
    500: '#bca5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5ba;
$custom-light: #d0bfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7484,
    "c": 0.03939,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5BA

secondary

#DBE2DC

accent

#99534D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5BA

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

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