#BCA9BF#BCA9BF

#BCA9BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.038 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA9BF
RGB	rgb(188, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(292, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(292, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 10.86, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 13.93, 321.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% 0.0294 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.038 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3296, 42.8294, 55.2117)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA9BF #ACBFA9

analogous

#B1A9BF #BCA9BF #BFA9B7

triadic

#BCA9BF #BFBCA9 #A9BFBC

tetradic

#BCA9BF #BFB1A9 #ACBFA9 #A9B7BF

square

#BCA9BF #BFB1A9 #ACBFA9 #A9B7BF

split-complementary

#BCA9BF #B7BFA9 #A9BFB1

monochromatic

#836588 #A186A5 #BCA9BF #D7CCD9 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BCA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA9BF

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA9BF	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDABB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.038 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c2d2',
    500: '#bca9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca9bf;
$custom-light: #d0c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.818,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75791,
    "c": 0.03751,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA9BF

secondary

#E0E5DF

accent

#994D57

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#141214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA9BF

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

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