#BCB3CC#BCB3CC

#BCB3CC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.036 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3CC
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(262, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(262, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, 7.95, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 13.96, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% 0.0192 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.036 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7562, 47.2912, 63.7272)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3CC #C3CCB3

analogous

#B3B6CC #BCB3CC #C8B3CC

triadic

#BCB3CC #CCBCB3 #B3CCBC

tetradic

#BCB3CC #CCB3B6 #C3CCB3 #B3CCC8

square

#BCB3CC #CCB3B6 #C3CCB3 #B3CCC8

split-complementary

#BCB3CC #CCC8B3 #B6CCB3

monochromatic

#7B6A9B #9C8EB3 #BCB3CC #DCD8E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BCB3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3CC

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3CC	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAB6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.036 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9db',
    500: '#bcb3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3cc;
$custom-light: #d0c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 19.685,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78209,
    "c": 0.03635,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3CC

secondary

#E6E9E2

accent

#9E477F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3CC

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

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