#BCB1CB#BCB1CB

#BCB1CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.038 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB1CB
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 8.84, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 14.69, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0218 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.038 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2387, 46.4475, 62.9650)
Luminance	0.4645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB1CB #C0CBB1

analogous

#B1B3CB #BCB1CB #C9B1CB

triadic

#BCB1CB #CBBCB1 #B1CBBC

tetradic

#BCB1CB #CBB1B3 #C0CBB1 #B1CBC9

square

#BCB1CB #CBB1B3 #C0CBB1 #B1CBC9

split-complementary

#BCB1CB #CBC9B1 #B3CBB1

monochromatic

#7D689A #9C8CB3 #BCB1CB #DCD6E3 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCB1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB1CB

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB1CB	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.038 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8da',
    500: '#bcb1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb1cb;
$custom-light: #d0c8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77777,
    "c": 0.03836,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB1CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E4779

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB1CB

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

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