#BCA9BA#BCA9BA

#BCA9BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.032 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9BA
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 186)
HSL	hsl(306, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(306, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 9.91, -6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 11.69, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0276 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.032 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7888, 42.6130, 52.3632)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9BA #A9BCAB

analogous

#B5A9BC #BCA9BA #BCA9B0

triadic

#BCA9BA #BABCA9 #A9BABC

tetradic

#BCA9BA #BCB5A9 #A9BCAB #A9B0BC

square

#BCA9BA #BCB5A9 #A9BCAB #A9B0BC

split-complementary

#BCA9BA #B0BCA9 #A9BCB5

monochromatic

#846781 #A1879E #BCA9BA #D7CBD6 #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCA9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCA9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9BA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9BA	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)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.032 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2ce',
    500: '#bca9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9ba;
$custom-light: #d0c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75628,
    "c": 0.0321,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9BA

secondary

#DEE3DE

accent

#97574F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9BA

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

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