#BCA9BB#BCA9BB

#BCA9BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.033 H 327.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9BB
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(303, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(303, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 10.10, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 12.12, 326.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.028 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.033 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8954, 42.6557, 52.9250)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9BB #A9BCAA

analogous

#B4A9BC #BCA9BB #BCA9B1

triadic

#BCA9BB #BBBCA9 #A9BBBC

tetradic

#BCA9BB #BCB4A9 #A9BCAA #A9B1BC

square

#BCA9BB #BCB4A9 #A9BCAA #A9B1BC

split-complementary

#BCA9BB #B1BCA9 #A9BCB4

monochromatic

#846782 #A187A0 #BCA9BB #D7CBD6 #F2EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BCA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9BB

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9BB	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.033 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2cf',
    500: '#bca9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9bb;
$custom-light: #d0c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7566,
    "c": 0.03313,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9BB

secondary

#DEE3DE

accent

#97534F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9BB

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

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