#BCB4C2#BCB4C2

#BCB4C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.021 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB4C2
RGB	rgb(188, 180, 194)
HSL	hsl(274, 10%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(274, 7%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, 5.44, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 8.15, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% 0.0141 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.021 311)
XYZ	xyz(46.7963, 47.2291, 57.6793)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB4C2 #BAC2B4

analogous

#B5B4C2 #BCB4C2 #C2B4C1

triadic

#BCB4C2 #C2BCB4 #B4C2BC

tetradic

#BCB4C2 #C2B5B4 #BAC2B4 #B4C1C2

square

#BCB4C2 #C2B5B4 #BAC2B4 #B4C1C2

split-complementary

#BCB4C2 #C1C2B4 #B4C2B5

monochromatic

#80718B #9E92A7 #BCB4C2 #DAD6DD #F0EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BCB4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BCB4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB4C2

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB4C2	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)

#B2B6C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCB6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 180, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.021 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cad4',
    500: '#bcb4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb4c2;
$custom-light: #d0cad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 10.294,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7808,
    "c": 0.02146,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.47229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB4C2

secondary

#E5E7E4

accent

#94516E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB4C2

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

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