#BCA7BE#BCA7BE

#BCA7BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.040 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA7BE
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 12.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 11.77, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 14.80, 322.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0321 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.04 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8507, 42.0470, 54.5110)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA7BE #A9BEA7

analogous

#B1A7BE #BCA7BE #BEA7B4

triadic

#BCA7BE #BEBCA7 #A7BEBC

tetradic

#BCA7BE #BEB1A7 #A9BEA7 #A7B4BE

square

#BCA7BE #BEB1A7 #A9BEA7 #A7B4BE

split-complementary

#BCA7BE #B4BEA7 #A7BEB1

monochromatic

#846487 #A184A4 #BCA7BE #D7CAD8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCA7BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCA7BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA7BE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA7BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA7BE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca7be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.040 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d1',
    500: '#bca7be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca7be;
$custom-light: #d0c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca7be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.783,
    "s": 15.033,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75365,
    "c": 0.04002,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA7BE

secondary

#DEE4DD

accent

#994C53

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA7BE

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

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