#BCA5BF#BCA5BF

#BCA5BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.045 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA5BF
RGB	rgb(188, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(293, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 13.06, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 16.59, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0355 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.045 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5968, 41.3638, 54.9674)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA5BF #A8BFA5

analogous

#AFA5BF #BCA5BF #BFA5B5

triadic

#BCA5BF #BFBCA5 #A5BFBC

tetradic

#BCA5BF #BFAFA5 #A8BFA5 #A5B5BF

square

#BCA5BF #BFAFA5 #A8BFA5 #A5B5BF

split-complementary

#BCA5BF #B5BFA5 #A5BFAF

monochromatic

#846189 #A181A6 #BCA5BF #D7C9D8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA5BF

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA5BF	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.045 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bfd2',
    500: '#bca5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca5bf;
$custom-light: #d0bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.077,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75007,
    "c": 0.04478,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA5BF

secondary

#DDE4DC

accent

#9B4A54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA5BF

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

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