#BCB2C8#BCB2C8

#BCB2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.033 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2C8
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(267, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, 7.69, -9.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 12.50, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0193 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.033 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0829, 46.7024, 61.1664)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2C8 #BEC8B2

analogous

#B2B3C8 #BCB2C8 #C7B2C8

triadic

#BCB2C8 #C8BCB2 #B2C8BC

tetradic

#BCB2C8 #C8B2B3 #BEC8B2 #B2C8C7

square

#BCB2C8 #C8B2B3 #BEC8B2 #B2C8C7

split-complementary

#BCB2C8 #C8C7B2 #B3C8B2

monochromatic

#7E6B95 #9D8EAF #BCB2C8 #DBD6E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BCB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2C8

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2C8	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.033 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d8',
    500: '#bcb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2c8;
$custom-light: #d0c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77875,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9B4B76

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2C8

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

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