#BCA8BC#BCA8BC

#BCA8BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.036 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8BC
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 10.84, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 13.23, 325.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0298 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.036 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8175, 42.3280, 53.4290)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8BC #A8BCA8

analogous

#B2A8BC #BCA8BC #BCA8B2

triadic

#BCA8BC #BCBCA8 #A8BCBC

tetradic

#BCA8BC #BCB2A8 #A8BCA8 #A8B2BC

square

#BCA8BC #BCB2A8 #A8BCA8 #A8B2BC

split-complementary

#BCA8BC #B2BCA8 #A8BCB2

monochromatic

#846684 #A185A1 #BCA8BC #D7CBD7 #F1EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BCA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8BC

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8BC	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.036 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d0',
    500: '#bca8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8bc;
$custom-light: #d0c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.03601,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8BC

secondary

#DDE3DD

accent

#974E4E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8BC

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

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