#BCB2C3#BCB2C3

#BCB2C3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.026 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2C3
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 195)
HSL	hsl(275, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(275, 9%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 6.71, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 9.95, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0174 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.026 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5081, 46.4725, 58.1391)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2C3 #B9C3B2

analogous

#B3B2C3 #BCB2C3 #C3B2C1

triadic

#BCB2C3 #C3BCB2 #B2C3BC

tetradic

#BCB2C3 #C3B3B2 #B9C3B2 #B2C1C3

square

#BCB2C3 #C3B3B2 #B9C3B2 #B2C1C3

split-complementary

#BCB2C3 #C1C3B2 #B2C3B3

monochromatic

#806E8D #9E90A8 #BCB2C3 #DAD4DE #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BCB2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2C3

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2C3	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)

#B0B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.026 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d5',
    500: '#bcb2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2c3;
$custom-light: #d0c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 12.409,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7771,
    "c": 0.02621,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2C3

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#974F6C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2C3

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

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