#BCA8BE#BCA8BE

#BCA8BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.038 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8BE
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(295, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(295, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 11.22, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 14.13, 322.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.0306 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.038 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0346, 42.4148, 54.5723)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8BE #AABEA8

analogous

#B1A8BE #BCA8BE #BEA8B5

triadic

#BCA8BE #BEBCA8 #A8BEBC

tetradic

#BCA8BE #BEB1A8 #AABEA8 #A8B5BE

square

#BCA8BE #BEB1A8 #AABEA8 #A8B5BE

split-complementary

#BCA8BE #B5BEA8 #A8BEB1

monochromatic

#846587 #A185A4 #BCA8BE #D7CBD8 #F2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BCA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8BE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8BE	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.038 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d1',
    500: '#bca8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8be;
$custom-light: #d0c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.03821,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8BE

secondary

#DEE4DE

accent

#994D54

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8BE

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

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