#BCA6BE#BCA6BE

#BCA6BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.042 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6BE
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 12.32, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 15.46, 322.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0336 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.042 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6682, 41.6821, 54.4502)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6BE #A8BEA6

analogous

#B0A6BE #BCA6BE #BEA6B4

triadic

#BCA6BE #BEBCA6 #A6BEBC

tetradic

#BCA6BE #BEB0A6 #A8BEA6 #A6B4BE

square

#BCA6BE #BEB0A6 #A8BEA6 #A6B4BE

split-complementary

#BCA6BE #B4BEA6 #A6BEB0

monochromatic

#846387 #A183A4 #BCA6BE #D7C9D8 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BCA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6BE

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6BE	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.042 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0d1',
    500: '#bca6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6be;
$custom-light: #d0c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75169,
    "c": 0.04183,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6BE

secondary

#DDE3DD

accent

#9A4C52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6BE

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

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