#BCA8C4#BCA8C4

#BCA8C4 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.045 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA8C4
RGB	rgb(188, 168, 196)
HSL	hsl(283, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(283, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 14.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 12.38, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 16.99, 316.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0327 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.045 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7039, 42.6826, 58.0974)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA8C4 #B0C4A8

analogous

#AEA8C4 #BCA8C4 #C4A8BE

triadic

#BCA8C4 #C4BCA8 #A8C4BC

tetradic

#BCA8C4 #C4AEA8 #B0C4A8 #A8BEC4

square

#BCA8C4 #C4AEA8 #B0C4A8 #A8BEC4

split-complementary

#BCA8C4 #BEC4A8 #A8C4AE

monochromatic

#836290 #A084AB #BCA8C4 #D8CCDD #F1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA8C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BCA8C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA8C4

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA8C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA8C4	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AFC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca8c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 168, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.045 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c1d5',
    500: '#bca8c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca8c4;
$custom-light: #d0c1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca8c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75764,
    "c": 0.0452,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA8C4

secondary

#E2E8E0

accent

#9E4860

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#141214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA8C4

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

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