#BCA5BB#BCA5BB

#BCA5BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.040 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5BB
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(303, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(303, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 12.30, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 14.78, 326.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.034 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.04 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1626, 41.1901, 52.6808)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5BB #A5BCA6

analogous

#B2A5BC #BCA5BB #BCA5B0

triadic

#BCA5BB #BBBCA5 #A5BBBC

tetradic

#BCA5BB #BCB2A5 #A5BCA6 #A5B0BC

square

#BCA5BB #BCB2A5 #A5BCA6 #A5B0BC

split-complementary

#BCA5BB #B0BCA5 #A5BCB2

monochromatic

#846283 #A282A0 #BCA5BB #D6C8D6 #F0EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCA5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5BB

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5BB	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.040 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfcf',
    500: '#bca5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5bb;
$custom-light: #d0bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.609,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74873,
    "c": 0.04042,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5BB

secondary

#DBE2DB

accent

#99504D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5BB

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

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