#BCA5BE#BCA5BE

#BCA5BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.044 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5BE
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 12.87, -9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 16.13, 322.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0351 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.044 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4872, 41.3199, 54.3899)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5BE #A7BEA5

analogous

#B0A5BE #BCA5BE #BEA5B4

triadic

#BCA5BE #BEBCA5 #A5BEBC

tetradic

#BCA5BE #BEB0A5 #A7BEA5 #A5B4BE

square

#BCA5BE #BEB0A5 #A7BEA5 #A5B4BE

split-complementary

#BCA5BE #B4BEA5 #A5BEB0

monochromatic

#846287 #A281A4 #BCA5BE #D6C9D8 #F1ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5BE

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5BE	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)

#A3AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.044 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd1',
    500: '#bca5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5be;
$custom-light: #d0bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.2,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74973,
    "c": 0.04366,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5BE

secondary

#DCE3DC

accent

#9A4B51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5BE

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

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