#BCB3CB#BCB3CB

#BCB3CB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.035 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3CB
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 203)
HSL	hsl(263, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, 7.75, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 13.43, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0189 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.035 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6367, 47.2434, 63.0976)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3CB #C2CBB3

analogous

#B3B6CB #BCB3CB #C8B3CB

triadic

#BCB3CB #CBBCB3 #B3CBBC

tetradic

#BCB3CB #CBB3B6 #C2CBB3 #B3CBC8

square

#BCB3CB #CBB3B6 #C2CBB3 #B3CBC8

split-complementary

#BCB3CB #CBC8B3 #B6CBB3

monochromatic

#7C6A99 #9C8FB2 #BCB3CB #DCD7E4 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCB3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3CB

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3CB	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.035 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9da',
    500: '#bcb3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3cb;
$custom-light: #d0c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78175,
    "c": 0.03501,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3CB

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9D487D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3CB

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

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