#BCA8BF#BCA8BF

#BCA8BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.039 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8BF
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(292, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 11.41, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 14.60, 321.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0309 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.039 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1443, 42.4587, 55.1499)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8BF #ABBFA8

analogous

#B0A8BF #BCA8BF #BFA8B6

triadic

#BCA8BF #BFBCA8 #A8BFBC

tetradic

#BCA8BF #BFB0A8 #ABBFA8 #A8B6BF

square

#BCA8BF #BFB0A8 #ABBFA8 #A8B6BF

split-complementary

#BCA8BF #B6BFA8 #A8BFB0

monochromatic

#846488 #A185A5 #BCA8BF #D7CBD9 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8BF

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8BF	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.039 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d2',
    500: '#bca8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8bf;
$custom-light: #d0c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75595,
    "c": 0.03933,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8BF

secondary

#DFE5DE

accent

#994C56

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8BF

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

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