#BCB2C4#BCB2C4

#BCB2C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.027 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2C4
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 196)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(273, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 6.91, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 10.45, 311.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% 0.0178 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.027 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6216, 46.5178, 58.7366)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2C4 #BAC4B2

analogous

#B3B2C4 #BCB2C4 #C4B2C3

triadic

#BCB2C4 #C4BCB2 #B2C4BC

tetradic

#BCB2C4 #C4B3B2 #BAC4B2 #B2C3C4

square

#BCB2C4 #C4B3B2 #BAC4B2 #B2C3C4

split-complementary

#BCB2C4 #C3C4B2 #B2C4B3

monochromatic

#806D8E #9E8FA9 #BCB2C4 #DAD5DF #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BCB2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2C4

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2C4	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.027 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d5',
    500: '#bcb2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2c4;
$custom-light: #d0c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 13.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77743,
    "c": 0.02748,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2C4

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#974E6F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2C4

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

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