#BCA8BD#BCA8BD

#BCA8BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.037 H 324.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8BD
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 11.03, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 13.68, 323.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0302 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.037 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9257, 42.3713, 53.9987)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8BD #A9BDA8

analogous

#B2A8BD #BCA8BD #BDA8B3

triadic

#BCA8BD #BDBCA8 #A8BDBC

tetradic

#BCA8BD #BDB2A8 #A9BDA8 #A8B3BD

square

#BCA8BD #BDB2A8 #A9BDA8 #A8B3BD

split-complementary

#BCA8BD #B3BDA8 #A8BDB2

monochromatic

#846585 #A185A3 #BCA8BD #D7CBD7 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCA8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BCA8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8BD

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8BD	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)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.037 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d0',
    500: '#bca8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8bd;
$custom-light: #d0c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75528,
    "c": 0.03709,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8BD

secondary

#DEE3DD

accent

#984E51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8BD

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

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