#BCA6BF#BCA6BF

#BCA6BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.043 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA6BF
RGB	rgb(188, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(293, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(293, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 12.51, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 15.93, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0339 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.043 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7779, 41.7259, 55.0278)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA6BF #A9BFA6

analogous

#AFA6BF #BCA6BF #BFA6B6

triadic

#BCA6BF #BFBCA6 #A6BFBC

tetradic

#BCA6BF #BFAFA6 #A9BFA6 #A6B6BF

square

#BCA6BF #BFAFA6 #A9BFA6 #A6B6BF

split-complementary

#BCA6BF #B6BFA6 #A6BFAF

monochromatic

#846288 #A182A5 #BCA6BF #D7CAD9 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCA6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BCA6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA6BF

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA6BF	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)

#A4ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.043 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c0d2',
    500: '#bca6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca6bf;
$custom-light: #d0c0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.8,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75203,
    "c": 0.04296,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA6BF

secondary

#DEE4DD

accent

#9B4B54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA6BF

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

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