#BCA5BD#BCA5BD

#BCA5BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.043 H 324.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5BD
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(298, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(298, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, 12.68, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 15.67, 323.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0347 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.043 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3782, 41.2764, 53.8162)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5BD #A6BDA5

analogous

#B0A5BD #BCA5BD #BDA5B2

triadic

#BCA5BD #BDBCA5 #A5BDBC

tetradic

#BCA5BD #BDB0A5 #A6BDA5 #A5B2BD

square

#BCA5BD #BDB0A5 #A6BDA5 #A5B2BD

split-complementary

#BCA5BD #B2BDA5 #A5BDB0

monochromatic

#846286 #A282A3 #BCA5BD #D6C8D7 #F1ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5BD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5BD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.043 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd0',
    500: '#bca5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5bd;
$custom-light: #d0bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7494,
    "c": 0.04256,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5BD

secondary

#DCE2DB

accent

#9A4C4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5BD

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

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