#BCB2CA#BCB2CA

#BCB2CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.035 H 304.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2CA
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(265, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(265, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 8.09, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 13.54, 306.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% 0.02 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.035 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3182, 46.7965, 62.4055)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2CA #C0CAB2

analogous

#B2B4CA #BCB2CA #C8B2CA

triadic

#BCB2CA #CABCB2 #B2CABC

tetradic

#BCB2CA #CAB2B4 #C0CAB2 #B2CAC8

square

#BCB2CA #CAB2B4 #C0CAB2 #B2CAC8

split-complementary

#BCB2CA #CAC8B2 #B4CAB2

monochromatic

#7D6A98 #9C8EB1 #BCB2CA #DCD6E3 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BCB2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2CA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2CA	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.035 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9da',
    500: '#bcb2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2ca;
$custom-light: #d0c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77942,
    "c": 0.03534,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D497A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2CA

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

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