#BCB2C2#BCB2C2

#BCB2C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.025 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2C2
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(278, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(278, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 6.52, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 9.45, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% 0.0171 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.025 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3954, 46.4274, 57.5457)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2C2 #B8C2B2

analogous

#B4B2C2 #BCB2C2 #C2B2C0

triadic

#BCB2C2 #C2BCB2 #B2C2BC

tetradic

#BCB2C2 #C2B4B2 #B8C2B2 #B2C0C2

square

#BCB2C2 #C2B4B2 #B8C2B2 #B2C0C2

split-complementary

#BCB2C2 #C0C2B2 #B2C2B4

monochromatic

#806E8B #9E90A7 #BCB2C2 #DAD4DD #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCB2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2C2

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2C2	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)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.025 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d4',
    500: '#bcb2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2c2;
$custom-light: #d0c9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 11.594,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77678,
    "c": 0.02496,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2C2

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#96506A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2C2

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

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