#BCA9BC#BCA9BC

#BCA9BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.034 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9BC
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, 10.29, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 12.56, 324.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0283 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.034 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0029, 42.6987, 53.4908)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9BC #A9BCA9

analogous

#B3A9BC #BCA9BC #BCA9B3

triadic

#BCA9BC #BCBCA9 #A9BCBC

tetradic

#BCA9BC #BCB3A9 #A9BCA9 #A9B3BC

square

#BCA9BC #BCB3A9 #A9BCA9 #A9B3BC

split-complementary

#BCA9BC #B3BCA9 #A9BCB3

monochromatic

#846784 #A187A1 #BCA9BC #D7CBD7 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BCA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9BC

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9BC	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)

#A8ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDAAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.034 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2d0',
    500: '#bca9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9bc;
$custom-light: #d0c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75693,
    "c": 0.03418,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9BC

secondary

#DEE3DE

accent

#974F4F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9BC

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

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