#BCA8C2#BCA8C2

#BCA8C2 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.043 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8C2
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 194)
HSL	hsl(286, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(286, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 11.99, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 16.02, 318.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.032 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.043 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4778, 42.5921, 56.9065)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8C2 #AEC2A8

analogous

#AFA8C2 #BCA8C2 #C2A8BB

triadic

#BCA8C2 #C2BCA8 #A8C2BC

tetradic

#BCA8C2 #C2AFA8 #AEC2A8 #A8BBC2

square

#BCA8C2 #C2AFA8 #AEC2A8 #A8BBC2

split-complementary

#BCA8C2 #BBC2A8 #A8C2AF

monochromatic

#83638D #A084A9 #BCA8C2 #D8CCDB #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCA8C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCA8C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8C2

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8C2	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.043 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d4',
    500: '#bca8c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8c2;
$custom-light: #d0c1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75696,
    "c": 0.0428,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8C2

secondary

#E1E6DF

accent

#9C4A5D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8C2

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

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