#BCA7C2#BCA7C2

#BCA7C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.045 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA7C2
RGB	rgb(188, 167, 194)
HSL	hsl(287, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(287, 14%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, 12.54, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 16.68, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0335 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.045 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2939, 42.2243, 56.8452)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA7C2 #ADC2A7

analogous

#AEA7C2 #BCA7C2 #C2A7BA

triadic

#BCA7C2 #C2BCA7 #A7C2BC

tetradic

#BCA7C2 #C2AEA7 #ADC2A7 #A7BAC2

square

#BCA7C2 #C2AEA7 #ADC2A7 #A7BAC2

split-complementary

#BCA7C2 #BAC2A7 #A7C2AE

monochromatic

#83628D #A083A9 #BCA7C2 #D8CBDB #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA7C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCA7C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA7C2

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA7C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA7C2	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ACC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCAAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca7c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 167, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.045 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d4',
    500: '#bca7c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca7c2;
$custom-light: #d0c1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca7c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 18.121,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.755,
    "c": 0.04461,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA7C2

secondary

#E0E6DF

accent

#9C495C

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA7C2

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

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