#BCA9BD#BCA9BD

#BCA9BD is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.035 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9BD
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(297, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(297, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, 10.48, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 13.01, 323.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0287 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.035 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1110, 42.7419, 54.0605)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9BD #AABDA9

analogous

#B2A9BD #BCA9BD #BDA9B4

triadic

#BCA9BD #BDBCA9 #A9BDBC

tetradic

#BCA9BD #BDB2A9 #AABDA9 #A9B4BD

square

#BCA9BD #BDB2A9 #AABDA9 #A9B4BD

split-complementary

#BCA9BD #B4BDA9 #A9BDB2

monochromatic

#846685 #A186A2 #BCA9BD #D7CCD8 #F2EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9BD

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9BD	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.035 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2d0',
    500: '#bca9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9bd;
$custom-light: #d0c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.03528,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9BD

secondary

#DEE4DE

accent

#974E52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9BD

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

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