#BCB3CA#BCB3CA

#BCB3CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.034 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3CA
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(263, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, 7.55, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 12.91, 305.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% 0.0185 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.034 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5179, 47.1959, 62.4720)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3CA #C1CAB3

analogous

#B3B6CA #BCB3CA #C7B3CA

triadic

#BCB3CA #CABCB3 #B3CABC

tetradic

#BCB3CA #CAB3B6 #C1CAB3 #B3CAC7

square

#BCB3CA #CAB3B6 #C1CAB3 #B3CAC7

split-complementary

#BCB3CA #CAC7B3 #B6CAB3

monochromatic

#7C6B98 #9C8FB1 #BCB3CA #DCD7E3 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BCB3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3CA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3CA	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.034 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9da',
    500: '#bcb3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3ca;
$custom-light: #d0c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.478,
    "s": 17.829,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78141,
    "c": 0.03367,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3CA

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9C497C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3CA

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

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