#BCB2CE#BCB2CE

#BCB2CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.041 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB2CE
RGB	rgb(188, 178, 206)
HSL	hsl(261, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, 8.90, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 15.63, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% 0.0214 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.041 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7979, 46.9884, 64.9321)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB2CE #C4CEB2

analogous

#B2B6CE #BCB2CE #CAB2CE

triadic

#BCB2CE #CEBCB2 #B2CEBC

tetradic

#BCB2CE #CEB2B6 #C4CEB2 #B2CECA

square

#BCB2CE #CEB2B6 #C4CEB2 #B2CECA

split-complementary

#BCB2CE #CECAB2 #B6CEB2

monochromatic

#7B679E #9B8DB6 #BCB2CE #DDD7E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BCB2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB2CE

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB2CE	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 178, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.041 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9dd',
    500: '#bcb2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb2ce;
$custom-light: #d0c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78078,
    "c": 0.04071,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB2CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A14580

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB2CE

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

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