#BCB1CD#BCB1CD

#BCB1CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.041 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB1CD
RGB	rgb(188, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 9.24, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 15.74, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% 0.0225 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.041 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4786, 46.5435, 64.2283)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB1CD #C2CDB1

analogous

#B1B4CD #BCB1CD #CAB1CD

triadic

#BCB1CD #CDBCB1 #B1CDBC

tetradic

#BCB1CD #CDB1B4 #C2CDB1 #B1CDCA

square

#BCB1CD #CDB1B4 #C2CDB1 #B1CDCA

split-complementary

#BCB1CD #CDCAB1 #B4CDB1

monochromatic

#7C669D #9C8CB5 #BCB1CD #DCD6E5 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCB1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB1CD

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB1CD	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.041 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c8dc',
    500: '#bcb1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb1cd;
$custom-light: #d0c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77846,
    "c": 0.04103,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB1CD

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A0457D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB1CD

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

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