#BCA8BA#BCA8BA

#BCA8BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.034 H 329.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8BA
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(306, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(306, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, 10.46, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 12.35, 327.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0291 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.034 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6034, 42.2424, 52.3014)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8BA #A8BCAA

analogous

#B4A8BC #BCA8BA #BCA8B0

triadic

#BCA8BA #BABCA8 #A8BABC

tetradic

#BCA8BA #BCB4A8 #A8BCAA #A8B0BC

square

#BCA8BA #BCB4A8 #A8BCAA #A8B0BC

split-complementary

#BCA8BA #B0BCA8 #A8BCB4

monochromatic

#846681 #A1859F #BCA8BA #D7CBD5 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8BA

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8BA	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.034 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1ce',
    500: '#bca8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8ba;
$custom-light: #d0c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7543,
    "c": 0.03391,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8BA

secondary

#DDE3DE

accent

#97564E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8BA

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

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