#BCB2C5#BCB2C5

#BCB2C5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.029 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2C5
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 197)
HSL	hsl(272, 14%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(272, 10%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, 7.10, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 10.96, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0182 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.029 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.7358, 46.5635, 59.3380)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2C5 #BBC5B2

analogous

#B2B2C5 #BCB2C5 #C5B2C4

triadic

#BCB2C5 #C5BCB2 #B2C5BC

tetradic

#BCB2C5 #C5B2B2 #BBC5B2 #B2C4C5

square

#BCB2C5 #C5B2B2 #BBC5B2 #B2C4C5

split-complementary

#BCB2C5 #C4C5B2 #B2C5B2

monochromatic

#7F6D90 #9E8FAB #BCB2C5 #DAD5DF #F0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BCB2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BCB2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2C5

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2C5	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)

#AFB5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.029 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d6',
    500: '#bcb2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2c5;
$custom-light: #d0c9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 14.074,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77776,
    "c": 0.02877,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2C5

secondary

#E5E8E3

accent

#984D71

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2C5

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

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