#BCB3CF#BCB3CF

#BCB3CF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.040 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB3CF
RGB	rgb(188, 179, 207)
HSL	hsl(259, 23%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(259, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 13.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, 8.55, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 15.54, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0203 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.04 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.1195, 47.4365, 65.6405)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB3CF #C6CFB3

analogous

#B3B8CF #BCB3CF #CAB3CF

triadic

#BCB3CF #CFBCB3 #B3CFBC

tetradic

#BCB3CF #CFB3B8 #C6CFB3 #B3CFCA

square

#BCB3CF #CFB3B8 #C6CFB3 #B3CFCA

split-complementary

#BCB3CF #CFCAB3 #B8CFB3

monochromatic

#7A68A0 #9B8DB7 #BCB3CF #DDD9E7 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BCB3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BCB3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB3CF

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB3CF	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9B7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 179, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.040 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9dd',
    500: '#bcb3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb3cf;
$custom-light: #d0c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 22.581,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78311,
    "c": 0.04042,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB3CF

secondary

#E7EAE1

accent

#A14483

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB3CF

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

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