#BCA5BC#BCA5BC

#BCA5BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.041 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5BC
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, 12.49, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 15.23, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0344 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.041 326)
XYZ	xyz(43.2701, 41.2331, 53.2465)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5BC #A5BCA5

analogous

#B1A5BC #BCA5BC #BCA5B1

triadic

#BCA5BC #BCBCA5 #A5BCBC

tetradic

#BCA5BC #BCB1A5 #A5BCA5 #A5B1BC

square

#BCA5BC #BCB1A5 #A5BCA5 #A5B1BC

split-complementary

#BCA5BC #B1BCA5 #A5BCB1

monochromatic

#846284 #A282A2 #BCA5BC #D6C8D6 #F0EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5BC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5BC	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)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.041 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd0',
    500: '#bca5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5bc;
$custom-light: #d0bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.04148,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.41232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5BC

secondary

#DBE2DB

accent

#994D4D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5BC

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

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