#BCB2CB#BCB2CB

#BCB2CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.037 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2CB
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(264, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(264, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 8.29, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 14.06, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.0203 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.037 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4370, 46.8440, 63.0310)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2CB #C1CBB2

analogous

#B2B5CB #BCB2CB #C9B2CB

triadic

#BCB2CB #CBBCB2 #B2CBBC

tetradic

#BCB2CB #CBB2B5 #C1CBB2 #B2CBC9

square

#BCB2CB #CBB2B5 #C1CBB2 #B2CBC9

split-complementary

#BCB2CB #CBC9B2 #B5CBB2

monochromatic

#7C699A #9C8DB2 #BCB2CB #DCD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BCB2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BCB2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2CB

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2CB	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.037 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9da',
    500: '#bcb2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2cb;
$custom-light: #d0c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 19.38,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77976,
    "c": 0.03667,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E487B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2CB

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

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