#BCB2CD#BCB2CD

#BCB2CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.039 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2CD
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(262, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, 8.69, -12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 15.11, 305.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% 0.0211 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.039 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6768, 46.9399, 64.2944)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2CD #C3CDB2

analogous

#B2B5CD #BCB2CD #C9B2CD

triadic

#BCB2CD #CDBCB2 #B2CDBC

tetradic

#BCB2CD #CDB2B5 #C3CDB2 #B2CDC9

square

#BCB2CD #CDB2B5 #C3CDB2 #B2CDC9

split-complementary

#BCB2CD #CDC9B2 #B5CDB2

monochromatic

#7B689D #9C8DB5 #BCB2CD #DCD7E5 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BCB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2CD

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2CD	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.039 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9dc',
    500: '#bcb2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2cd;
$custom-light: #d0c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.03936,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2CD

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#A0467E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2CD

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

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