#BCB0C8#BCB0C8

#BCB0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.036 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB0C8
RGB	rgb(188, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(270, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, 8.78, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 13.78, 309.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% 0.0222 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.036 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6879, 45.9123, 61.0347)
Luminance	0.4591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB0C8 #BCC8B0

analogous

#B0B0C8 #BCB0C8 #C8B0C8

triadic

#BCB0C8 #C8BCB0 #B0C8BC

tetradic

#BCB0C8 #C8B0B0 #BCC8B0 #B0C8C8

square

#BCB0C8 #C8B0B0 #BCC8B0 #B0C8C8

split-complementary

#BCB0C8 #C8C8B0 #B0C8B0

monochromatic

#7F6896 #9D8CAF #BCB0C8 #DBD4E1 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BCB0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BCB0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB0C8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB0C8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.036 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c7d8',
    500: '#bcb0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb0c8;
$custom-light: #d0c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77477,
    "c": 0.03612,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB0C8

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C4973

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB0C8

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

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