#BCA8BB#BCA8BB

#BCA8BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.035 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8BB
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(303, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(303, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 10.65, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 12.79, 326.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0295 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.035 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.7101, 42.2850, 52.8633)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8BB #A8BCA9

analogous

#B3A8BC #BCA8BB #BCA8B1

triadic

#BCA8BB #BBBCA8 #A8BBBC

tetradic

#BCA8BB #BCB3A8 #A8BCA9 #A8B1BC

square

#BCA8BB #BCB3A8 #A8BCA9 #A8B1BC

split-complementary

#BCA8BB #B1BCA8 #A8BCB3

monochromatic

#846682 #A185A0 #BCA8BB #D7CBD6 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8BB

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8BB	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.035 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1cf',
    500: '#bca8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8bb;
$custom-light: #d0c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75463,
    "c": 0.03495,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8BB

secondary

#DDE3DD

accent

#97524E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8BB

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

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