#BCB3C8#BCB3C8

#BCB3C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.031 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3C8
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(266, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(266, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, 7.15, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 11.87, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0178 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.031 305)
XYZ	xyz(47.2826, 47.1018, 61.2330)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3C8 #BFC8B3

analogous

#B3B5C8 #BCB3C8 #C7B3C8

triadic

#BCB3C8 #C8BCB3 #B3C8BC

tetradic

#BCB3C8 #C8B3B5 #BFC8B3 #B3C8C7

square

#BCB3C8 #C8B3B5 #BFC8B3 #B3C8C7

split-complementary

#BCB3C8 #C8C7B3 #B5C8B3

monochromatic

#7D6C95 #9D8FAE #BCB3C8 #DBD7E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BCB3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BCB3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3C8

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3C8	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.031 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9d8',
    500: '#bcb3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3c8;
$custom-light: #d0c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 16.031,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78074,
    "c": 0.031,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.47102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3C8

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#9A4B78

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3C8

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

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