#BCA6BA#BCA6BA

#BCA6BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.038 H 328.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6BA
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 186)
HSL	hsl(305, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(305, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, 11.56, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 13.68, 327.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% 0.0321 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.038 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2370, 41.5096, 52.1793)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6BA #A6BCA8

analogous

#B3A6BC #BCA6BA #BCA6AF

triadic

#BCA6BA #BABCA6 #A6BABC

tetradic

#BCA6BA #BCB3A6 #A6BCA8 #A6AFBC

square

#BCA6BA #BCB3A6 #A6BCA8 #A6AFBC

split-complementary

#BCA6BA #AFBCA6 #A6BCB3

monochromatic

#846381 #A2839F #BCA6BA #D6C9D5 #F1ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCA6BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BCA6BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6BA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6BA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.038 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0ce',
    500: '#bca6ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6ba;
$custom-light: #d0c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75036,
    "c": 0.03755,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6BA

secondary

#DCE2DC

accent

#98544D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6BA

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

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