#BCA7BD#BCA7BD

#BCA7BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.039 H 324.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA7BD
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 11.58, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 14.34, 323.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0317 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.039 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7418, 42.0035, 53.9374)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA7BD #A8BDA7

analogous

#B1A7BD #BCA7BD #BDA7B3

triadic

#BCA7BD #BDBCA7 #A7BDBC

tetradic

#BCA7BD #BDB1A7 #A8BDA7 #A7B3BD

square

#BCA7BD #BDB1A7 #A8BDA7 #A7B3BD

split-complementary

#BCA7BD #B3BDA7 #A7BDB1

monochromatic

#846485 #A184A3 #BCA7BD #D7CAD7 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCA7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA7BD

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA7BD	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.039 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d0',
    500: '#bca7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca7bd;
$custom-light: #d0c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75332,
    "c": 0.03892,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA7BD

secondary

#DDE3DD

accent

#984D50

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA7BD

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

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