#BCB3CE#BCB3CE

#BCB3CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.039 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3CE
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(260, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(260, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, 8.35, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 15.01, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.0199 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.039 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9976, 47.3878, 64.9987)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3CE #C5CEB3

analogous

#B3B7CE #BCB3CE #C9B3CE

triadic

#BCB3CE #CEBCB3 #B3CEBC

tetradic

#BCB3CE #CEB3B7 #C5CEB3 #B3CEC9

square

#BCB3CE #CEB3B7 #C5CEB3 #B3CEC9

split-complementary

#BCB3CE #CEC9B3 #B7CEB3

monochromatic

#7A699E #9B8EB6 #BCB3CE #DDD8E6 #EFECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BCB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3CE

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3CE	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.039 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9dd',
    500: '#bcb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3ce;
$custom-light: #d0c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 21.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78277,
    "c": 0.03906,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3CE

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#A04582

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3CE

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

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