#BCB3CD#BCB3CD

#BCB3CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.038 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3CD
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(261, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 8.15, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 14.48, 304.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.0196 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.038 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8765, 47.3393, 64.3609)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3CD #C4CDB3

analogous

#B3B7CD #BCB3CD #C9B3CD

triadic

#BCB3CD #CDBCB3 #B3CDBC

tetradic

#BCB3CD #CDB3B7 #C4CDB3 #B3CDC9

square

#BCB3CD #CDB3B7 #C4CDB3 #B3CDC9

split-complementary

#BCB3CD #CDC9B3 #B7CDB3

monochromatic

#7B699C #9B8EB5 #BCB3CD #DDD8E5 #EFEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BCB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3CD

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3CD	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.038 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9dc',
    500: '#bcb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3cd;
$custom-light: #d0c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.0377,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3CD

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9F4680

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →