#BCA9BE#BCA9BE

#BCA9BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.036 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9BE
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(294, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(294, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 10.67, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 13.47, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0291 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.036 323)
XYZ	xyz(44.2199, 42.7855, 54.6341)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9BE #ABBEA9

analogous

#B1A9BE #BCA9BE #BEA9B5

triadic

#BCA9BE #BEBCA9 #A9BEBC

tetradic

#BCA9BE #BEB1A9 #ABBEA9 #A9B5BE

square

#BCA9BE #BEB1A9 #ABBEA9 #A9B5BE

split-complementary

#BCA9BE #B5BEA9 #A9BEB1

monochromatic

#846687 #A186A4 #BCA9BE #D7CCD8 #F1EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9BE

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9BE	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.036 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2d1',
    500: '#bca9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9be;
$custom-light: #d0c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.03639,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.42785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9BE

secondary

#DFE4DF

accent

#984D55

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9BE

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

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